Sandhurst School

Academy converter·Secondary school Sandhurst, Bracknell Forest·GU47 0SD
Composite score
57.6
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#1,507
National rank
#238
In South East
#3
In Bracknell Forest
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
48%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
68%
% EBacc grade 5+
12%
EBacc average points score
3.95

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
143 first choices, 171 places
First choices per place
0.84
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
344
any preference, for 171 places
Applications from another council area
21%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7920220.9820230.9620240.7520250.842026

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

Every child who put Sandhurst School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,002
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
13.8%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.3%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
26.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,012
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
93%
210 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
85%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About Sandhurst School

Sandhurst School is a secondary school in Sandhurst, Bracknell Forest, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,002 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 46.1, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 2.9 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

48% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 68% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Sandhurst School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 143 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.3%. There are about 16.0 pupils per teacher. Sandhurst 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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