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Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Digby Road, Speen, Newbury RG14 1TS · sandilands.w-berks.sch.uk · 0163540318
On the mapSearch near RG14 1TS
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improved significantly
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 77%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. West Berkshire 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.5
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 221
- 92% of 240 places
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.9%
- First language not English
- 23.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 43 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 67% 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 | 29 | 43 | 1.5▲ | 67% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 28 | 34 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 38 | 1.3▲ | 79% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 27 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 31 | 1▲ | 90% |
Results
In 2024/25, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% the higher standard. Across West Berkshire it was 57%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲77% | 62% | ||
| ▲17% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 March 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery was: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (69 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 69
- 29% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied