Sandringham Primary School

Sandringham Primary School continues to demonstrate outstanding performance, providing a nurturing and ambitious educational environment for its pupils. The school fosters a strong sense of pride and community among students, who engage effectively in their learning and celebrate each other’s successes. The curriculum is rigorous and well-structured, supporting pupils to not only meet but exceed national expectations in various subjects. Notably, all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve remarkable outcomes, showcasing strong performance across a comprehensive range of subjects including music, drama, and art. While the school excels in maintaining exceptional behaviour and delivering high-quality learning experiences, it is focused on improving attendance to pre-pandemic levels. Leadership is actively engaged with families to identify barriers to attendance, ensuring that the supportive community ethos is extended beyond learning into everyday school life. This marks the school's first inspection since being awarded an outstanding rating in May 2017, reaffirming its strong educational standing and commitment to continued excellence.

Strengths

• Strong community spirit with pupils proud of their school
• Exceptional behaviour among pupils
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum
• High academic outcomes for all pupils, including those with SEND
• Expert teaching that engages and supports pupils' learning
• Focus on developing communication and social skills in early years
• Opportunities for pupils to showcase their talents in music and drama
• Effective support for pupils who struggle with reading
• Highly positive staff morale and support for early career teachers

Areas for Improvement

• Need to improve attendance rates to pre-pandemic levels

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Sandringham Primary School attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Sandringham Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Sandringham Primary School had 18.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.7% of pupils at Sandringham Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Sandringham Primary School received £9,110 and spent £9,411 for each of its 934 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £278,000 (-£298 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Sandringham Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Sandringham Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Sandringham Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Sandringham Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Sandringham Primary School have?

Sandringham Primary School has 995 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sandringham Primary School cover?

Sandringham Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Sandringham Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Sandringham Primary School?

Sandringham Primary School is at Sandringham Road, London, E7 8ED.