Sturminster Marshall First School

Community school·First school Wimborne, Dorset·BH21 4AY

School type

First school

Ages 4–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Sturminster Marshall First School is a first school for pupils aged 4–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

8 first choices, 15 places

First choices per place

0.53

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 15 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.27

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9420221.0020231.0020240.8020250.532026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Sturminster Marshall First School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 4–9
Pupils on roll: 68
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

16.2%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

1.5%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

17.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.7%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

12.2%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

13.1

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£10,018

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Lockyer's Middle School Wimborne · 2.9 mi 65.7 Lytchett Matravers Primary School Poole · 2.9 mi 57.0 Spetisbury CofE Primary School Blandford Forum · 3.2 mi 67.6 Allenbourn Middle School Wimborne · 3.8 mi 53.5 Upton Junior School Poole · 4.3 mi 32.9 St Michael's Church of England Middle School, Colehill Wimborne · 4.8 mi 53.9 Blandford St Mary Church of England Primary School Blandford Forum · 5.4 mi 51.7 Archbishop Wake Church of England Primary School Blandford Forum · 5.5 mi 52.1

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Sturminster Marshall First School

Sturminster Marshall First School is a primary school in Wimborne, Dorset, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 68 pupils aged 4 to 9 attend the school.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Sturminster Marshall First School their first choice was offered one of its 15 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 13.1 pupils per teacher. Sturminster Marshall First School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.