# William Barnes Primary School

William Barnes Primary School is a primary school in Dorset, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 162 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E113676. [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 162
- Council: Dorset
- URN: 113676

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, February 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 22 February 2023
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 55% of pupils at William Barnes Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 57% in Dorset and 62% in England.
10% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Dorset | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 10% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Yewstock School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/yewstock-school-e113965): 1.1 km. Special. School remains Outstanding, March 2023
- [Sturminster Newton High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sturminster-newton-high-school-e149657): 1.2 km. Secondary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 41.4 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/113676)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/113676)

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