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Sandhurst School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Owlsmoor Road, Owlsmoor, Sandhurst GU47 0SD · sandhurstschool.org.uk · 01344 775678
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Bracknell Forest 46.9, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Bracknell Forest Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 992
- 87% of 1,136 places
- Local authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 15.4%
- First language not English
- 13.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Bracknell Forest Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 143 families put the school first and 171 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 171 | 143 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 199 | 149 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 159 | 152 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 203 | 200 | 1 | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 204 | 162 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.1, and 47.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Bracknell Forest it was 46.9, and across England 46.
In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade C- (25.8 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲47.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲67.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼19.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.95 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 110068)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 6.5 | −5.9 |
| Sixth form college | 27.6 | −5.9 |
| Further education | 48.2 | +13.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 2 | −3.7 |
| Employment | 4 | −1.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.5 | +0.9 |
| Activity not captured | 7 | +4.9 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2018/19 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 students | C- (25.8) | Average -0.18 | |
| 33 students | C- (25.9) | Average -0.17 | |
| 10 students | Dist- (32.6) | Average +0.51 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 33 | C- (27.8) | +0.03 |
| 2016/17 | 38 | D (19.4) | -0.34 |
| 2015/16 | 73 | D+ (24.8) | -0.09 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 110068)
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 16.7 | −13.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 22.2 | +15.5 |
| Employment | 27.8 | −12.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 22.2 | +8.9 |
| Activity not captured | 11.1 | +7.8 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 4 December 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Sandhurst School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110068), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110068)
Sept 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110068)
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (146 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 146
- 15% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 48 parents (33%) with SEND