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Broadmayne First School and Nursery

PrimaryAges 2–9Community

West Knighton, DT2 8PH · Dorset local authority

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Getting in
21/21
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
139 pupils
93% of its 150 places
Free school meals
7%
7 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Broadmayne First School and Nursery

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, March 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (21 of 21)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (DT2 8) sold for a median £360,000; West Knighton’s is £450,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Broadmayne First School and Nursery?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

21
families put it first for September 2026
22
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Dorset council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Dorset council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.28 per place
78% got their first choice
1.14 per place
88% got their first choice
1.07 per place
86% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Broadmayne First School and Nursery
0.95 per place
100% got their first choice
0.95 per place
98% got their first choice
0.71 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

148 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
5.4%England 15.3%
EHC plan
6.8%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
3.4%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
9.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 44%Boys 56%
Its letter

No letter for Broadmayne First School and Nursery

A first or lower school: pupils move on before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, March 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Broadmayne First School and Nursery

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in DT2 8, the school’s postcode sector

West Knighton property prices →
£360,000
median sale, 357 sales in 36 months · West Knighton £450,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025DT2 8
DT2 8West Knighton

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£440K
Semi-detached
£339K
Terraced
£300K
Flat
£155K
DT2 8West Knighton

Homes in DT2 8 sell for well under West Knighton’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

West Knighton, DT2 8PH

Nearby

Primary schools near Broadmayne First School and Nursery

The nearest state schools of the same phase, as the crow flies. Catchments and admissions rules decide which one a child gets.

Broadmayne First School and Nursery: common questions

How hard is it to get into Broadmayne First School and Nursery?

For September 2026, 21 families put Broadmayne First School and Nursery first and all of them were offered a place; 22 places were offered in all.

What is Broadmayne First School and Nursery’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (March 2023).

How much do houses cost near Broadmayne First School and Nursery?

Homes in its postcode sector, DT2 8, sold for a median £360,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (357 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; West Knighton’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.