Sandfield Primary School

Sandfield Primary School is maintaining its status as a good school, thriving within a diverse and inclusive community. Pupils feel welcomed and valued, contributing to a positive learning environment where they are encouraged to work hard and embrace their individuality. The school has a variety of opportunities for student engagement, helping to foster their personal development alongside their academic growth. While many aspects of the curriculum are effectively developed, some areas require further refinement to enhance overall learning continuity and depth.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and are confident in expressing their concerns to staff.
• Diverse and inclusive community promotes a strong sense of belonging.
• Staff have high expectations and inspire pupils to strive for their best.
• Effective support for vulnerable pupils, including those with SEND.
• Recent introduction of well-sequenced phonics program enhances reading skills.

Areas for Improvement

• Certain subjects lack well-planned and sequenced curriculum.
• Some subject leaders do not fully understand Reception learning progression.

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 Sandfield Primary School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.1% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Sandfield 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 Sandfield Primary School had 20.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.1% 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, 16.7% of pupils at Sandfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% 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 2024–25 Sandfield Primary School received £6,827 and spent £6,866 for each of its 211 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £198,000 (£936 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of Learning Partners Academy Trust, income was £7,680 and spending £7,620 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Guildford · Surrey local authority: places and applications

Sandfield Primary School is part of Learning Partners Academy Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Surrey Maths School Guildford
• Guildford County School Guildford
• Boxgrove Primary School Guildford
• Stoughton Infant School Guildford
• Northmead Junior School Guildford
• George Abbot School Guildford
• Kings College Guildford Guildford
• Guildford Grove Primary School Guildford
• Shalford Infant School Guildford
• Burpham Primary School Guildford

What is Sandfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Sandfield Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Sandfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Sandfield Primary School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Sandfield Primary School have?

Sandfield Primary School has 209 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sandfield Primary School cover?

Sandfield Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Sandfield Primary School?

Sandfield Primary School is at Stoke Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4DT.