The Sandon School
Secondary schoolThe Sandon School is a secondary school in Chelmsford, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,218 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), March 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 19 March 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Sandon School was 45.5, against 52.3 in Chelmsford and 46.2 in England.
37.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Chelmsford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 45.5 | 52.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37.7% | 54.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67.6% | 71.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 204 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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
In a straight line- Baddow Hall Infant SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade610 m
- Baddow Hall Junior SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)610 m
- Octavia House Schools, EssexSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.1 km
- Clarity Independent SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.2 km
- Larkrise Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.8 km
- Woodcroft Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Good, May 20231.8 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Chelmsford
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).