Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School
near Winterborne St Martin, DT2 9LW · Dorset local authority
What stands out about Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School
- No letter for this school: the reason is below.
- Room to spare: 60 pupils for 90 places
- 13% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted report card, January 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
- Outside any built-up area: listed with Winterborne St Martin, the nearest town
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (11 of 11)
- Homes in its postcode sector (DT2 9) sold for a median £380,000; Winterborne St Martin’s is £395,000
How hard is it to get a place at Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The school’s governing body sets the admissions rules. Apply through Dorset council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 202565 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
No letter for Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School
A first or lower school: pupils move on before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.
Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Report card, inspection starting January 2026.
Before the report card: Graded inspection: Requires improvement, July 2023.
Living near Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in DT2 9, the school’s postcode sector
Winterborne St Martin property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in DT2 9 sell for a little under Winterborne St Martin’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Location
Directions ↗near Winterborne St Martin, DT2 9LW
Primary schools near Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School
The nearest state schools of the same phase, as the crow flies. Catchments and admissions rules decide which one a child gets.
Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School: common questions
How hard is it to get into Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School?
For September 2026, 11 families put Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School first and all of them were offered a place; 12 places were offered in all.
What is Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection (January 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.
How much do houses cost near Winterbourne Valley Church of England Aided First School?
Homes in its postcode sector, DT2 9, sold for a median £380,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (357 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Winterborne St Martin’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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