Best Primary Schools in Sherborne

We checked all 9 primary schools in Sherborne, Dorset, and list every one: 6 ranked, then 3 without a rank.

Schools checked
9
Ranked
6
Without a rank
3

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Sherborne. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Dorset. Dorset also has rankings for Dorchester, Wimborne, Weymouth, Bridport, Shaftesbury and all of Dorset.

Ranked primary schools in Sherborne

  1. 1

    Trent Young's CofE Primary School

    Academy, 143 pupils, inspected May 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    95%
    Higher standard
    9%

  2. 2

    Thornford CofE Primary School

    Academy, 104 pupils, inspected November 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    7%

  3. 3

    Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 336 pupils, inspected June 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    48%
    Higher standard
    8%

  4. 4

    Sherborne Primary School

    Academy, 304 pupils, inspected January 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    47%
    Higher standard
    6%

  5. 5

    St Andrew's Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 99 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    31%
    Higher standard
    6%

  6. 6

    St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas

    Academy, 90 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    44%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Sherborne without a rank