Milborne St Andrew First School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary
PUPILS
56
AGES
5 - 9
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
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This pupil heat map shows where pupils currently attending the school live.
The concentration of pupils shows likelihood of admission based on distance criteria

Source: All attending pupils National School Census Data, ONS
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This School Guide heat map has been plotted using official pupil data taken from the last School Census collected by the Department for Education. It is a visualisation of where pupils lived at the time of the annual School Census.

Our heat maps use groups of postcodes, not individual postcodes, and have naturally soft edges. All pupils are included in the mapping (i.e. children with siblings already at the school, high priority pupils and selective and/or religious admissions) but we may have removed statistical ‘outliers’ with more remote postcodes that do not reflect majority admissions.

For some schools, the heat map may be a useful indicator of the catchment area but our heat maps are not the same as catchment area maps. Catchment area maps, published by the school or local authority, are based on geographical admissions criteria and show actual cut-off distances and pre-defined catchment areas for a single admission year.

This information is provided as a guide only. The criteria in which schools use to allocate places in the event that they are oversubscribed can and do vary between schools and over time. These criteria can include distance from the school and sometimes specific catchment areas but can also include, amongst others, priority for siblings, children of a particular faith or specific feeder schools. Living in an area where children have previously attended a school does not guarantee admission to the school in future years. Always check with the school’s own admission authority for the current admission arrangements.

3 steps to help parents gather catchment information for a school:

  1. Look at our school catchment area guide for more information on heat maps. They give a useful indicator of the general areas that admit pupils to the school. This visualisation is based on all attending pupils present at the time of the annual School Census.
  2. Use the link to the Local Authority Contact (above) to find catchment area information based on a single admission year. This is very important if you are considering applying to a school.
  3. On each school page, use the link to visit the school website and find information on individual school admissions criteria. Geographical criteria are only applied after pupils have been admitted on higher priority criteria such as Looked After Children, SEN, siblings, etc.

How Does The School Perform?

Good
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Ofsted Inspection
(04/05/2023)
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Hopsfield
Milborne St Andrew
Blandford Forum
DT11 0JE
01258837362

School Description

The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You lead the school with clarity and compassion. You encourage and support staff and, as a result, they are solidly behind you. Much work is going on to ensure that staff have the professional development they need in order to improve the quality of teaching and learning. Parents are very supportive of the school. They are listened to and they appreciate your open, welcoming approach. Workshops to explain and demonstrate learning approaches are well attended and parents say that these are very helpful. Parents get involved with making improvements to the school. As a result, pupils use the pond and a castaway camp with fire-pit to extend their learning experiences. Pupils enjoy their learning because it is matched well to their needs and it is interesting. Behaviour is good and the school is a calm, happy place in which to learn. A particular strength of the school is the work you do with other schools in the trust and other local partnerships. This helps not only to support staff in their professional development, but also to bring pupils together for events such as music performances and sport activities. You ensure that you work closely with leaders in the trust and you continue to check how well pupils achieve when they leave this school and move onto the next. An area for improvement at the previous inspection was to ensure that pupils receive the requisite challenge in lessons to help them extend their thinking. Your focus is firmly on continuing to improve the quality of teaching and learning and to keep expectations high. As a result, pupils’ achievement has shown improvement across the school over the past two years. The proportion of pupils who achieve higher standards has improved and is now above national averages for reading and writing and in line with the national average for mathematics. Safeguarding is effective. There is a strong culture of safeguarding. Staff are vigilant and secure in their knowledge of safeguarding issues. The designated lead for safeguarding ensures that all safeguarding arrangements are fit for purpose and that a wide range of training is provided for staff. Governors are well informed about the latest safeguarding guidance and they fulfil their role to make the appropriate checks. Recruitment processes are secure. Pupils feel safe and they are safe. Inspection findings We looked at some particular lines of enquiry during my visit. One was to explore how well pupils who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities are supported to make good progress. The proportion of pupils at the school who have SEN and/or disabilities is higher than the national average. You work with a range of professionals to ensure that pupils are correctly identified as needing extra support for their learning. Staff have developed a wide range of strategies and skills to provide such support. Teachers and teaching assistants work together closely to ensure that pupils receive extra teaching. As a result, most pupils make good progress from their starting points and most become confident, independent learners. You agree that to improve progress further, pupils need to have clear, precise next steps identified, which are regularly reviewed. This will also support the leadership team in understanding which interventions work well for pupils and which are not as successful. Following some lower outcomes in 2016, you have ensured that staff are supported to improve outcomes for pupils. We looked at how well subject leaders make improvements in their subject areas and how effectively they check the difference this makes to pupils’ progress. Subject leaders for English and mathematics work alongside their colleagues to make the improvements needed to teaching and learning. For example, a new approach to teaching mathematics has been introduced and supported well by the subject leader. Pupils’ books show that this is helping them to really grasp mathematical concepts. Pupils are proud to share their achievements in mathematics and to show their work. As a pupil explained, ‘I love maths now, and I know how to do it!’ Subject leaders are aware that pupils are becoming more confident in their learning following improvements made to teaching. They are also aware that they now need to check the impact of improvements made across the school on the progress that pupils make.

Milborne St Andrew First School Parent Reviews



unlock % Parents Recommend This School
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>89, "agree"=>11, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 18 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>94, "agree"=>6, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 18 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>67, "agree"=>33, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 18 responses up to 04-05-2023
My Child Has Not Been Bullied Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"my_child_has_not_been_bullied"=>67, "strongly_agree"=>28, "agree"=>6, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 18 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>78, "agree"=>22, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 18 responses up to 04-05-2023
I Have Not Raised Any Concerns Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"i_have_not_raised_any_concerns"=>22, "strongly_agree"=>67, "agree"=>6, "disagree"=>6, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 18 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>100, "agree"=>0, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 10 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>56, "agree"=>44, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 18 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>83, "agree"=>11, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>6} UNLOCK Figures based on 18 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>83, "agree"=>17, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 18 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>72, "agree"=>22, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>6} UNLOCK Figures based on 18 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>72, "agree"=>22, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>6, "dont_know"=>0} UNLOCK Figures based on 18 responses up to 04-05-2023
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree Don't Know {"strongly_agree"=>78, "agree"=>17, "disagree"=>0, "strongly_disagree"=>0, "dont_know"=>6} UNLOCK Figures based on 18 responses up to 04-05-2023
Yes No {"yes"=>94, "no"=>6} UNLOCK Figures based on 18 responses up to 04-05-2023

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