Manor Park Church of England First School
Primary · Dorchester · DT1 2BH
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 13 January 2026 · report published 8 March 2026
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396 pupils · 88% of 450 capacity
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 2–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 19.7% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 18.5% of pupils
- SEN support
- 18.7% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.3% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.manorpark.dorset.sch.uk
- URN
- 149484
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.95 first-choice applications per place57 places offered · 54 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 13 January 2026: Expected standard
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.