Sandford Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Winscombe, North Somerset
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From North Somerset Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sandford Primary School is a primary school in Winscombe, North Somerset for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 June 2024. North Somerset has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Sandford Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 9 of the 11 earlier years; the last distance swung sharply, most from 2021 to 2022.
- In 2026, Reception drew 11 first-choice applications for 14 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the lowest of 59 North Somerset primary schools.
- 75% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in North Somerset.
- In 2024/25, 17% of pupils reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Somerset schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- 49 Greenhill Road, Sandford, Winscombe, BS25 5PA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- North Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 131 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 June 2024
Strengths
- “Positive relationships are at the heart of this happy school.”
- “Pupils feel safe and nurtured.”
- “They enjoy learning and are motivated by the rewards for showing their ‘learning powers’.”
To improve
- “Some strategies are more effective than others.”
- “This means that pupils learn better in some areas of the curriculum than in other subjects.”
- “There is further work to do to ensure that the school embeds these teaching strategies across classes and the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 75% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 11 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 11 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Somerset.
- Winscombe Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Churchill Church of England Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Banwell Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Andrew's CofE Primary School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Burrington Church of England Primary School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Anne's Church Academy 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wrington Church of England Primary School 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Parklands Educate Together Primary 3.6 mi Good Last distance published