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Broadmayne First School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–9 · Community school
Knighton Lane, Broadmayne, Dorchester DT2 8PH · broadmayne.dorset.sch.uk · 01305 852471
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 139
- 93% of 150 places
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 6.5%
- First language not English
- 2.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 21 families put the school first and 22 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 20 | 18 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 27 | 25 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Broadmayne First School and Nursery was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 22 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 22 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (74 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 74
- 54% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (19%) with SEND