Sturminster Marshall First School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–9 · Wimborne, Dorset
Last distance offered · Reception 2015
4.360 miles
Published by Dorset Council · offers on 16 April 2015
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Sturminster Marshall First School is a primary school in Wimborne, Dorset for ages 4–9 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. Dorset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 entry.
Sturminster Marshall First School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2015 | 4.360 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 8 first-choice applications for 15 offers, 0.5 first choices per offer, the lowest of 116 Dorset primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a 2026 Reception place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The latest Ofsted outcome (17 June 2025) was Not judged, following Requires improvement in November 2022; the 8 nearest primary schools in Dorset hold 7 Good and 1 Outstanding.
- There are 15.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.6 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Dorset; 49 pupils were on roll in January 2026.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Dorset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 78 High Street, Sturminster Marshall, Wimborne, BH21 4AY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–9
- Council
- Dorset
- Pupils on roll
- 49 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “Sturminster Marshall First school is a place where everyone is valued.”
- “Relationships between pupils, and across staff and pupils, are positive.”
- “Pupils feel safe to share any worries.”
To improve
- “However, despite the creation of an ambitious curriculum, some pupils, particularly older pupils, do not learn and achieve well enough.”
- “Although the school is working to tackle the areas that require improvement, this is not realised in how well pupils are academically ready for their next stage.”
- “This has resulted in a negative impact on pupils’ learning and achievement.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 8 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 8 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Dorset.
- Pamphill Church of England First School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Henbury View First School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Lytchett Matravers Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Rushcombe First School 3.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Spetisbury CofE Primary School 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wimborne First School and Nursery 3.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England First School, Wimborne 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Upton Infant School 4.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published