Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Bracknell Forest
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 21 April 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 4 February 2020Graded inspection: Good · as Sandy Lane Primary School, URN 133619
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry81 applications · 57 places offered · 41 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.4; Bracknell Forest median median 2.1
- 2025 1.5; Bracknell Forest median median 2.2
- 2024 1.7; Bracknell Forest median median 2.1
- 2023 1.9; Bracknell Forest median median 2.0
- 2022 1.7; Bracknell Forest median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2021 1.9; Bracknell Forest median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2020 1.6; Bracknell Forest median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2019 1.6; Bracknell Forest median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; Bracknell Forest median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2017 2.0; Bracknell Forest median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Bracknell Forest median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.7; Bracknell Forest median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.5; Bracknell Forest median median 3.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Bracknell Forest median
Dashed bars: as Sandy Lane Primary School (URN 133619), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 57 | 81 | 1.4 | 41 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2025 | 56 | 83 | 1.5 | 44 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2024 | 49 | 85 | 1.7 | 38 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2023 | 41 | 77 | 1.9 | 41 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 60 | 104 | 1.7 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2021 * | 32 | 61 | 1.9 | 27 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2020 * | 53 | 87 | 1.6 | 37 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2019 * | 57 | 92 | 1.6 | 53 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 * | 34 | 66 | 1.9 | 31 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 * | 58 | 117 | 2.0 | 45 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2016 * | 66 | 132 | 2.0 | 43 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2015 * | 83 | 143 | 1.7 | 63 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2014 * | 87 | 218 | 2.5 | 77 | 0.89 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 81% · Writing 74% · Maths 57% → all three 52% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Bracknell Forest median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 52% | 0% | 105 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 2% | 104 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 38% | 0% | 105 | 101 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Sandy Lane Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.4applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Bracknell ForestRemains Good20222.4applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Bracknell Forest20263.0applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Bracknell ForestGood20241.6applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Bracknell ForestRemains Good20191.6applications per place
- 1.7 km · Bracknell ForestRemains Good20222.6applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Bracknell Forest20261.3applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · Bracknell ForestGood20243.2applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Bracknell Forest20261.8applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149386 · 867/2814
- Capacity
- 630 pupils · 422 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 October 2022
- Replaced
- Sandy Lane Primary School (URN 133619)
- Address
- Sandy Lane, Bracknell, RG12 2JG
- Local authority
- Bracknell Forest
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources