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Primary · BH21 · Wimborne

Sturminster Marshall First School

78 High Street, Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne, BH21 4AY

OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance96.1%
AttainmentNo KS2 at this school
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils49

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

No overall grade

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Jul 2025): no overall grade — quality of education and leadership and management require improvement; behaviour and attitudes, personal development and early years good. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  • Previous gradedOutstanding

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in BH21. Where we have them, council (Dorset) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
49
Free school meals
12.2%
0.8% below district average (13%)

Also: Dorset 18.5% · England 24.7%

SEN
17.6%
1.5% below district average (19.1%)

Also: Dorset 20.2% · England 18.2%

EAL
1.5%
1% below district average (2.5%)
Attendance
96.1%
0.2% below district average (96.3%)

Also: Dorset 94.7% · England 94.8%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the BH21 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

9%

4.3% below England (13.3%)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 98.3%
    2020/21
  • 93.4%
    2021/22
  • 94.7%
    2022/23
  • 94.8%
    2023/24
  • 94.7%
    2024/25

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
148
Pupils on roll
49

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Dorset page.

SEN support

SEN %
17.6%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Aug 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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