Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery

State-Funded School

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South EastRegion

West BerkshireLocal Authority

NewburyConstituency

RG14 1TSPostcode

8.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in West Berkshire, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 221 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 84%
Higher standard: 19%
Reading score: 108
Maths score: 110

Ethnicity

White

83%

Asian

10%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

221

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

25%

England average

27%

First language not English

24%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 221
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 26 March 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
9 Jun 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.