St Gregory's Church of England Primary School, Marnhull

Primary school in Sturminster Newton, Dorset. Requires improvement (Nov 2022).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 8 November 2022, report published 12 January 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

This grade was given to St Gregory's Church of England Primary School, Marnhull (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. St Gregory's Church of England Primary School, Marnhull hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.

Grades for each area
Area	Grade
Quality of education	Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes	Requires improvement
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Requires improvement
Early years	Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective	Yes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around May 2025

The last inspection was in November 2022. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

0.9 milesSt Mary's Catholic Primary School, Marnhull
Primary, Sturminster Newton, Dorset
Good (May 2023)
2.4 milesStower Provost Community School
Primary, Gillingham, Dorset
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Jun 2025)
2.8 milesStalbridge Church of England Primary School
Primary, Stalbridge, Dorset
School remains Good (Mar 2023)
3.0 milesWilliam Barnes Primary School
Primary, Sturminster Newton, Dorset
School remains Good (Feb 2023)
3.7 milesSt Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge
Primary, Templecombe, Somerset
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Mar 2025)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.