Ofsted gradeGood

Shaftesbury School

Secondary · Dorset · SP7 8ER

Ranks above 42% of area schools (13 secondary schools in Dorset)

Note Overall effectiveness from the school's most recent inspection under Ofsted's previous (pre-report-card) framework.

Results & progress

Department for Education data, 2023/24. Progress measures are value-added (how much pupils progressed versus similar pupils nationally) — a fairer signal than raw results, which partly reflect a school’s intake. Progress 8 is not published for later years (those cohorts missed their KS2 baseline in the pandemic).

Progress 8	-0.5 — Below average
Attainment 8	42.1
Grade 5+ in English & Maths	34%
EBacc average point score	3.8

Progress 8

-0.5 — Below average

Attainment 8

42.1

Grade 5+ in English & Maths

34%

EBacc average point score

3.8

School details

Academy converterChurch of EnglandSixth form

Type	Academy converter
Gender	Mixed
Religious character	Church of England
Admissions	Non-selective
Age range	11–18
Pupils on roll	782
Sixth form	Yes
Nursery classes	No
Academy trust	SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST
Setting	Rural

Type

Academy converter

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Church of England

Admissions

Non-selective

Age range

11–18

Pupils on roll

782

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery classes

Academy trust

SHERBORNE AREA SCHOOLS' TRUST

Setting

Rural

Inspection history

Previous framework (overall effectiveness) — Good

Inspected 07/03/2023 · Safeguarding: Yes

Sixth form	Good
Personal development	Good
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Leadership and management	Good

Sixth form

Good

Personal development

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Local house prices

Homes within 1 mile sold for a median of £285,000 (927 sales in the window).

A neighbourhood indicator from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. It is not a catchment measure and does not imply any link between school quality and house prices.