Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery

Academy converter·First school Salisbury, Dorset·SP5 5NJ

School type

First school

Ages 2–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery is a first school for pupils aged 2–9. 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%

12 first choices, 12 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 12 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00

00.511.5

1 per place

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

Every child who put Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery 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).

School profile

Age range: 2–9
Pupils on roll: 82
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

12.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

0.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

21.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.2%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.1%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

6.8%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

19.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£9,110

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Cranborne Middle School Wimborne · 4.6 mi 51.6 Downlands Community School Blandford Forum · 7.1 mi 32.0 Pimperne Church of England VC Primary School Blandford Forum · 7.3 mi 53.8 Emmanuel Church of England Middle School Verwood · 8.0 mi 53.9

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

Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery at a glance

Located in Salisbury, Dorset, Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 82 pupils aged 2 to 9.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery their first choice was offered one of its 12 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 19.2 pupils per teacher. Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery 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.