Sandhurst School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 46 46.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C C 2023/24[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 46.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 46.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 13% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.37 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	46.1[6]	47.8%[6]
2023/24	43.2[4]	36.7%[4]	-0.37[4]
2022/23	45.3[7]	40%[7]	-0.27[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 2023/24[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 0% 2022/23[8]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2022/23	D+[8]	0%[8]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 93% 2022/23[9]
School sixth form: 20% 2022/23[9]
Sixth-form college: 30% 2022/23[9]
Further education college: 34% 2022/23[9]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[9]
Employment: 4% 2022/23[9]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	95%[10]	12%[10]	34%[10]	35%[10]	6%[10]	6%[10]
2020/21	95%[11]	32%[11]	28%[11]	27%[11]	3%[11]	6%[11]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 83% 2021/22[12]
UK higher education: 30% 2021/22[12]
Education: 37% 2021/22[12]
Apprenticeship: 7% 2021/22[12]
Employment: 40% 2021/22[12]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2020/21	79%[13]	25%[13]	25%[13]	4%[13]	50%[13]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 50% 2020/21[14]
Top third of most selective universities: 8% 2020/21[14]
Russell Group universities: 5% 2019/20[15]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2019/20[15]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2019/20	40%[15]	5%[15]	5%[15]	0%[15]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 3 Dec 2024[16]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[16]
Report published: 27 Jan 2025[16]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[16]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: Standards maintained[16]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.0 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Applications (any preference): 344 Entry Sept 2026[17]
First preferences: 143 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Places offered: 171 Entry Sept 2026[17]
First preferences per place: 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[17]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	348[17]	149[17]	199[17]	1.7[17]	0.7[17]
Entry Sept 2024	329[17]	152[17]	159[17]	2.1[17]	1.0[17]
Entry Sept 2023	399[17]	200[17]	203[17]	2.0[17]	1.0[17]
Entry Sept 2022	360[17]	162[17]	204[17]	1.8[17]	0.8[17]

Admissions

Application deadline: 31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[18]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1136[1]
Trust: THE CORVUS LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority: Bracknell Forest[1]
Website: http://www.sandhurstschool.org.uk/[1]
District: Bracknell Forest [19]
Postcode: GU47 0SD[1]
URN: 148850[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 1002 2024/25[20]
English as an additional language: 13.8% 2024/25[20]
SEN support: 17.5% 2024/25[20]
EHC plan: 4.4% 2024/25[20]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 15% 2024/25[20]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 79.4%[21]
Mixed: 5.5%[21]
Asian: 9.1%[21]
Black: 3.3%[21]
Any other ethnic group: 1.4%[21]
Unclassified: 1.2%[21]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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If an application is received after the deadline of 31 October 2026, this will be considered 'late' and will be processed in line with the LA late procedure. (p. 1)
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