Sandy Hill Academy
Sandy Hill, St Austell, PL25 3AT
455 pupils · 181% of 252 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- ASPIRE ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Free school meals
- 19.2%
Ofsted
Outstanding (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Outstanding” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
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 18 January 2023, published 5 March 2023. 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 | 72% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 7% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.95 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 56 | 53 | 149 | 56 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 59 | 68 | 165 | 59 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 60 | 69 | 172 | 60 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 75 | 161 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 60 | 81 | 166 | 60 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 61 | 70 | 147 | 61 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 58 | 56 | 168 | 58 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 59 | 73 | 170 | 59 |
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
- Mount Charles School 0.7 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Carclaze Community Primary School 0.9 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Bishop Bronescombe CofE School 1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Charlestown Primary School 1.4 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Pondhu Primary School 2.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Sky Primary and Eden Project Nursery 2.6 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.