Graded inspection · Jun 2025 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| 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 entry14 applications · 15 places offered · 8 named it first
- 2026 0.9; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2025 3.0; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2024 1.6; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2023 1.6; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2022 1.6; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2021 1.6; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2020 1.7; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2019 1.7; Dorset median median 2.1
- 2018 1.9; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2017 2.0; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2016 1.4; Dorset median median 2.0
- 2015 1.6; Dorset median median 1.9
- 2014 1.3; 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 | 15 | 14 | 0.9 | 8 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2025 | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 4 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2024 | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 16 | 25 | 1.6 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 16 | 26 | 1.6 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 22 | 37 | 1.7 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 21 | 35 | 1.7 | 18 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2018 | 25 | 48 | 1.9 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 20 | 40 | 2.0 | 16 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 41 | 1.4 | 25 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 48 | 1.6 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2014 | 29 | 38 | 1.3 | 25 | 0.86 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Sturminster Marshall First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20250.9applications per place
- 4.4 km · DorsetGood20233.3applications per place
- 4.6 km · DorsetGood20234.5applications per place
- 4.8 km · DorsetGood20232.1applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 5.0 km · DorsetOutstanding20222.8applications per place
- 5.1 km · DorsetRemains Good20231.8applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 5.8 km · DorsetGood20242.6applications per place
- 5.9 km · Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleGraded · no overall grade20243.5applications per place
- 6.6 km · DorsetGood20232.0applications per place
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 113675 · 838/2032
- Capacity
- 148 pupils · 49 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- 78 High Street, Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne, BH21 4AY
- Local authority
- Dorset
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources