School admissions in Sandhurst
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 3 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Sandhurst in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 5 schools in Sandhurst first 191 times for 197 places: 0.97 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Bracknell Forest authority's 30 schools. 2 of the 5 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: New Scotland Hill Primary School, to 0.76 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
5 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uplands Primary School and Nursery | 1.20 | 30 | 0.787 miles |
| New Scotland Hill Primary School | 1.10 | 30 | 0.755 miles |
| College Town Primary School | 0.91 | 54 | not published |
| Owlsmoor Primary School | 0.90 | 59 | not published |
| St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Sandhurst | 0.83 | 24 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.