Trent Young's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Sherborne, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.890 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Trent Young's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Sherborne, Dorset for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 November 2024. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Trent Young's CofE Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.890 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.890 miles away, the 14th longest of 31 Dorset primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.64 miles).
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply between some years; the 2026 figure was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2020.
- For Reception 2026, there were 25 first-choice applications for 20 offers; 20 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 95% met the expected standard (England 62%), highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Dorset that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dorset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Trent, Sherborne, DT9 4SW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 143 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “Trent Young’s Church of England Primary sits at the heart of its rural community.”
- “Staff have created a welcoming and caring environment in which pupils can flourish.”
- “Pupils feel happy, safe and well looked after.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects the skills that pupils need to learn are not as challenging as they could be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 95% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 25 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 20 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Dorset.
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas 2.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School 2.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sherborne Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thornford CofE Primary School 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School 4.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 7.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sticklands Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 8.8 mi Not judged
- Stalbridge Church of England Primary School 8.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published