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Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–9 · Academy
Common Road, Sixpenny Handley, Salisbury SP5 5NJ · sixpennyhandleyschool.co.uk · 01725 552356
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2023
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 73
- 58% of 125 places
- Local authority
- Dorset
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7.7%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 12 families put the school first and 12 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 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 April 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 26 Apr 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Nov 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Nov 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (45 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 45
- 46% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied