Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Dorset
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry31 applications · 22 places offered · 21 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 1.9; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 1.6; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 1.4; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 1.5; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2021 1.5; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2020 1.7; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2019 1.8; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2018 1.9; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2017 2.2; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2016 1.6; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2015 2.0; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2014 1.8; Dorset median median 1.8
- This school
- Dorset median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 22 | 31 | 1.4 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 20 | 38 | 1.9 | 18 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 47 | 1.6 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 27 | 37 | 1.4 | 25 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 23 | 35 | 1.5 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 42 | 1.5 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 25 | 43 | 1.7 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 26 | 46 | 1.8 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 22 | 41 | 1.9 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 65 | 2.2 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 49 | 1.6 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2015 | 26 | 52 | 2.0 | 24 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2014 | 25 | 44 | 1.8 | 25 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Broadmayne First School and NurseryThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.4applications per place
- 3.7 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place
- 4.2 km · DorsetSpecial measures 20262.0applications per place
- 4.5 km · DorsetRemains Good20233.0applications per place
- 5.8 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade20254.7applications per place
- 5.9 km · DorsetSome aspects not as strong20251.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 6.5 km · Dorset20261.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 6.8 km · DorsetStandards maintained20252.1applications per place
- 7.4 km · DorsetGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 113661 · 838/2005
- Capacity
- 150 pupils · 139 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Knighton Lane, Broadmayne, Dorchester, DT2 8PH
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources