Sixpenny Handley First School and Nursery
Academy converter · Salisbury · SP5 5NJ
Ages 2–9 · 73 pupils · Dorset
Ofsted
School remains Good
Overall absence
4.1%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-06-18
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
- Authorised absence
- 3.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 59
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
9
Places offered
9
1st-preference offers
9
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 11
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 9
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
73 pupils · 125 places
- Pupils on roll
- 73
- Boys / girls
- 35 / 38
- School capacity
- 125
- Capacity fill
- 73 / 125 (58%)
- Free school meals
- 7.7%
- FSM pupils
- 4
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 2–9
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE HEATH ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE HEATH ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Stone
Location
- Address
- Common Road, Sixpenny Handley
- Postcode
- SP5 5NJ
- Town
- Salisbury
- County
- Wiltshire
- Local authority
- Dorset
- District
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 2–9, in Salisbury, Dorset, 73 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 7.7%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Stone
- Telephone
- 01725552356