Manor Park Church of England First School
Academy sponsor led in Dorchester, Dorset.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Academy sponsor led |
| Age range | 2 to 9 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Religious character | Church of England |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 396 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 450 |
| Free school meals | 19.70% |
| Trust or sponsor | WESSEX MULTI ACADEMY TRUST |
| Local authority | Dorset |
| Address | Mellstock Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2BH |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | www.manorpark.dorset.sch.uk |
| Telephone | 01305268741 |
| URN | 149484 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest full inspection: report card inspection under Ofsted's renewed framework (in use since November 2025), started 13 January 2026, published 8 March 2026. Report cards grade each area separately; there is no single overall grade.
| Safeguarding standards | Met |
|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Earlier graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 9 February 2022, published 26 April 2022:
| Overall effectiveness | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate |
| Personal development | Inadequate |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | No |
This graded inspection was of the predecessor school (Manor Park Church of England First School, URN 113791).
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- St Mary's Catholic First School, Dorchester (primary school, about 0.4 km)
- The Prince of Wales School (primary school, about 1.8 km)
- Damers First School (primary school, about 2.6 km)
- St Mary's Church of England First School, Charminster (primary school, about 3.7 km)
- Broadmayne First School and Nursery (primary school, about 4.2 km)
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School (primary school, about 6.7 km)
- Bincombe Valley Primary School (primary school, about 6.8 km)
- St Nicholas and St Laurence Church of England Primary School (primary school, about 7.3 km)
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