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Sandown School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Golf Road, Deal CT14 6PY · sandown.kent.sch.uk · 01304 374951
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 50%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 348
- 83% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 31%
- First language not English
- 7.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 41 families put the school first and 44 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 | 44 | 41 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 43 | 40 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 39 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 46 | 42 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 46 | 41 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 50% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across Kent it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼50% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 118573)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 20 September 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Sandown School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 19 Sept 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 118573), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118573)
Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118573)
Feb 2012Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118573)
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (105 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 105
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 66% who raised concerns
based on the 16% who had a child bullied
based on 15 parents (14%) with SEND