Robert Peel Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Sandy, Central Bedfordshire·SG19 1QJ
Composite score
37.1
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#11,811
National rank
#1286
In East of England
#26
In Central Bedfordshire
Top 80%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
97%
38 first choices, 39 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
56
any preference, for 39 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220221.0020230.9020241.0020250.972026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Central Bedfordshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Robert Peel Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
399
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
9.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,505
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

Robert Peel Primary School is a primary school serving Sandy, Central Bedfordshire, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. It has 399 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 7.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 97% of the families who made Robert Peel Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 24.0 pupils per teacher. Robert Peel Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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