College Town Primary School
Primary · Sandhurst · GU47 0QF
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 9 September 2026 · report published 30 September 2026
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479 pupils · 76% of 630 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 8.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 19% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 19.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 109828
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 49 families named it first for 54 Reception places, 0.91 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2021 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 9 September 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.91 first-choice applications per place54 places offered · 49 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Bracknell Forest school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
62 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025
On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 61% (Bracknell Forest 66%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 19% (Bracknell Forest 4%, England 2%) · Any other White background 6% (Bracknell Forest 9%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 2% (Bracknell Forest 4%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Bracknell Forest 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Bracknell Forest 3%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (Bracknell Forest 3%, England 5%) · Not recorded 2% (Bracknell Forest 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Bracknell Forest 2%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Bracknell Forest 1%, England 5%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Bracknell Forest 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.21 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Bracknell Forest: 2.80 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 9% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
50% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,078; 27.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve £231,844; in-year balance -£19,326
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared
Inspection history since 2015
- 27 September 2022: Good
- 21 June 2016: Good
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 6/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 26.6% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 19% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 32.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 12.9% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 52.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 73.4% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 18.3% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 8.3% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 27.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 7% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 22.2% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 8.1% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016197 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £411,000336 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £339,000–£480,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 2an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 1an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted