# Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery

Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in West Berkshire, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 221 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E109861. [West Berkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 221
- Council: West Berkshire
- URN: 109861

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Improved significantly, March 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Improved significantly, 26 March 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 77% of pupils at Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 57% in West Berkshire and 62% in England.
17% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | West Berkshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 17% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [iCollege Alternative Provision](https://openindex.co.uk/school/icollege-alternative-provision-e131066): 640 m. Pupil referral and alternative provision. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- [Speenhamland School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/speenhamland-school-e143999): 650 m. Primary. Good (overall), April 2023. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Castle School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-castle-school-e110182): 990 m. Special. School remains Outstanding, April 2024
- [Shaw-cum-Donnington C.E. Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shaw-cum-donnington-c-e-primary-school-e109974): 1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Northcroft Vocational School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/northcroft-vocational-school-e150998): 1 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [The Winchcombe School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-winchcombe-school-e135079): 1.1 km. Primary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/109861)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/109861)

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