Milborne Port Primary School
North Street, Sherborne, DT9 5EP
This school is closed (it closed in February 2025).
It was replaced by Milborne Port Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Jonathan Rodd
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 149
- URN
- 123655
- Local authority
- Somerset
About this school
Milborne Port Primary School was a community primary school in Sherborne. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 149 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Milborne Port Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 26 | 24 | 18 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 67% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 4% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 83% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 79% | 72% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 79% | 56% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Milborne Port Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Somerset average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 62% | 54.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 57.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 159 |
| 2023/24 | 161 |
| 2024/25 | 149 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Milborne Port Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 5.4% | 26.2% | 149 | — |
| Milborne Port Primary School | — | — | — | 169 | 0.0 miles |
| Sherborne Primary School | 47% | 5.4% | 21% | 304 | 2.5 miles |
| Charlton Horethorne Church of England Primary School | — | 4.3% | 14.3% | 49 | 2.7 miles |
| St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge | 57% | 7.7% | 28.7% | 92 | 2.9 miles |
| Abbas and Templecombe Church School | 64% | 6.4% | 28.8% | 109 | 3.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.17%
- English as an additional language
- 6.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.43%
- Persistent absence
- 13.57%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Milborne Port Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Sherborne
-
Sherborne Primary School2.5 miles
Primary · Sherborne
-
Charlton Horethorne Church of England Primary School2.7 miles
Primary · Sherborne
-
St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge2.9 miles
Primary · Templecombe
-
Abbas and Templecombe Church School3.1 miles
Primary · Templecombe
Other schools in Sherborne
- All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Charlton Horethorne Church of England Primary School Primary
- Milborne Port Primary School Primary
- Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School Primary
- Sherborne Primary School Primary
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas Primary
- Thornford CofE Primary School Primary
- Trent Young's CofE Primary School Primary
- The Gryphon School Secondary
- Harbour Vale School Academies
- Leweston School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Milborne Port Primary School teach?
- Milborne Port Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Sherborne.
- Has Milborne Port Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Milborne Port Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Milborne Port Primary School?
- Milborne Port Primary School had 149 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Milborne Port Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Milborne Port Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Milborne Port Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2025.