St Nicholas Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Child Okeford is a primary school located in Blandford Forum. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 02/05/2014. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in writing are average, progress in maths is well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points higher than the UK average.

Check St Nicholas Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Child Okeford location rating (nearby schools, safety, property prices, sport facilities etc.
Station Road, Blandford Forum

School Information

Address: Station Road, Blandford Forum, DT11 8EL
Website: www.childokeford.dorset.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01258860581
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Dorset
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Jill Watson
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 113796

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 02/05/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 175
Number of Pupils: 138
Number of Boys: 69
Number of Girls: 69

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 5.6% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 1 Confidence interval -2.1 to 4.2
Writing
Average: 0.6 Confidence interval -2.2 to 3.5
Maths
Well Below Average: -3.8 Confidence interval -6.5 to -1.1

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:47%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:13%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:101
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Nicholas Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Child Okeford
Station Road , Child Okeford DT11 8EL 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Shillingstone Church of England Primary School
Augustan Avenue , Shillingstone DT11 0TX 		3out of 4 1,976 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Okeford Fitzpaine Church of England School
The Cross , Okeford Fitzpaine DT11 0RF 		1out of 4 3,140 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Forum School
Shillingstone , DT11 0QS 		- not rated 1,448 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School
Hanford School
Childe Okeford , DT11 8HN 		- not rated 1,866 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

↑