Primary school

Sandhills Community Primary School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Oxfordshire
  • OX3 8FN
Ofsted Good · inspected Nov 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 10,052 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 67%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 90%90%2016/17: top 88%2017/18: top 72%2018/19: top 37%37% · 2018/192022/23: top 90%2023/24: top 72%2024/25: top 67%No exams

Against South East

Expected standard, RWM57% · South East 64%3/10 Below
Higher standard, RWM18% · South East 7%9/10 Top 20%
Reading score106 · South East 1065/10 Middle
Maths score104 · South East 1054/10 Below
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 32% · 53 pupils · South East 57%2016/17: 43% · 44 pupils · South East 65%2017/18: 57% · 54 pupils · South East 68%2018/19: 72% · 29 pupils · South East 68%2022/23: 40% · 50 pupils · South East 61%2023/24: 53% · 36 pupils · South East 62%2024/25: 57% · 49 pupils · South East 64%72%32%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 53 pupils · South East 5%2016/17: 2% · 44 pupils · South East 8%2017/18: 9% · 54 pupils · South East 10%2018/19: 7% · 29 pupils · South East 10%2022/23: 8% · 50 pupils · South East 7%2023/24: 8% · 36 pupils · South East 7%2024/25: 18% · 49 pupils · South East 7%18%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 102 · 53 pupils · South East 1032016/17: 102 · 44 pupils · South East 1052017/18: 106 · 54 pupils · South East 1062018/19: 105 · 29 pupils · South East 1052022/23: 102 · 50 pupils · South East 1062023/24: 103 · 36 pupils · South East 1062024/25: 106 · 49 pupils · South East 106106102No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 100 · 53 pupils · South East 1032016/17: 104 · 44 pupils · South East 1042017/18: 105 · 54 pupils · South East 1052018/19: 105 · 29 pupils · South East 1052022/23: 100 · 50 pupils · South East 1042023/24: 102 · 36 pupils · South East 1042024/25: 104 · 49 pupils · South East 105105100No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
15 of 15 who put it first2014 · 54.7%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1515
2nd80
3rd110

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2022

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2014Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Inadequateas predecessor
  6. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026193
Free school meals (past 6 years)12.4%
First language not English14.3%
SEN support15.7%
EHC plan3.2%
Absence (sessions missed)4.8%
Persistently absent pupils11.2%

Girls 52.1%Boys 47.9%

58.5% full · 330 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher19.6
Pupils per adult9.1
  • Classroom teachers 8.2
  • Leadership 1.6
  • Teaching assistants 9.2
  • Other support 5.2

Teachers 9.8 FTE · Whole workforce 24.3 · 34 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,046
Spend per pupil£6,687
Staff spend per pupil£5,184
Reserve per pupil£931
  • +£202,000revenue reserve
  • +£78,000in-year balance

Grants £6,438 · self-generated £535 · premises £387 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: RIVER LEARNING TRUST (31 academies) · trust reserve £14,315,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it