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College Town Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Branksome Hill Road, College Town, Sandhurst GU47 0QF · collegetownprimary.com · 0127631933
On the mapSearch near GU47 0QF
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bracknell Forest 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Bracknell Forest Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 479
- 76% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 8.5%
- First language not English
- 24.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Bracknell Forest Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 49 families put the school first and 54 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 | 54 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 47 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 62 | 58 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 46 | 42 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard. Across Bracknell Forest it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
College Town Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 27 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 27 Sept 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Jan 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (74 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 74
- 15% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied