Primary
William Barnes Primary School
Bridge Street, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1BZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 162 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
- Local authority
- Dorset
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 16.5
- Pupils per adult
- 10.6
- Pupils
- 175
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2023
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
55%
3 points below the Sturminster Newton average (58% across 4 schools)
106.0
0.7 above the Sturminster Newton average (105.3 across 4 schools)
3rd of 4 by our score, among the primary schools in Sturminster Newton we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 106 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 55% |
| Working at a higher standard | 10% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 58% |
| 23/24 | 45% |
| 24/25 | 55% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 98.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Bridge Street, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1BZ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Dorset admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Fiona Locke
- Address
- Bridge Street, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1BZ
- Telephone
- 01258472257
Other primary schools nearby
- St Gregory's Church of England Primary School, Marnhull3.6/10
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child Okeford2.7/10
- Shillingstone Church of England Primary School6.6/10
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Marnhull6.2/10
- Hazelbury Bryan Primary School6.2/10
- Stalbridge Church of England Primary School6.4/10