Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery
Digby Road, Newbury, RG14 1TS
221 pupils · 92% of 240 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Free school meals
- 26.9%
Ofsted
Improved significantly (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Improved significantly” (no overall grade issued)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 26 March 2025, published 19 May 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 77% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 17% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.48 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 29 | 43 | 81 | 29 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 28 | 34 | 77 | 28 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 38 | 73 | 30 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 27 | 75 | 30 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 31 | 68 | 30 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 30 | 37 | 73 | 30 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 30 | 55 | 88 | 30 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 30 | 33 | 70 | 30 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Speenhamland School 0.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Shaw-cum-Donnington C.E. Primary School 1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- The Winchcombe School 1.1 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- St Nicolas C.E. Junior School 1.5 km · No overall grade (2024)
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.5 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St John the Evangelist CofE Infant and Nursery School 2 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.