Primary school in Sherborne, Somerset
Milborne Port Primary School
North Street, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 5EP
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 1 May 2024.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 169
- Places
- 180
- How full
- 94% full — 169 of 180 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 86 / 83
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for South Somerset 008C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 29%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 16%
- Households owning their home
- 64%
- Households in social housing
- 20%
- Households with no car
- 11%
- Adults economically inactive
- 41%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- THE ACADEMIES FOR CHARACTER AND EXCELLENCE
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Carmen Danyali
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Ward
- Blackmoor Vale
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton
- URN
- 151281
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherborne Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 47% | 2.5 mi |
| Charlton Horethorne Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 2.7 mi |
| St Nicholas CofE Primary School, HenstridgeAcademy converter | No grade | 57% | 2.9 mi |
| Abbas and Templecombe Church SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 64% | 3.1 mi |
| Stalbridge Church of England Primary SchoolFoundation school | Good 2023 | 65% | 3.6 mi |
| Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2021 | 48% | 3.6 mi |
| Horsington Church SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 50% | 3.7 mi |
| All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 3.8 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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