Edgbarrow School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,491 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.1
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Sandhurst School
- Pupils on roll
- 992of 1,136 places
- Free school meals
- 15.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 209
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 4 December 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Sandhurst School (URN 110068, until 1 December 2021).
What the data says
Sandhurst School has no sixth form. Of the 210 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 30% moved to a sixth form college, 34% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Physical Education is unusually popular at GCSE: 38% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 30% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.1 against 46.1 across England and 46.9 in Bracknell Forest, with 48% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Bracknell Forest and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Sandhurst School | Bracknell Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 210 | 1,334 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 20% | 41% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 30% | 10% | 13% |
| — further education college | 34% | 35% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 2% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Sandhurst School | Bracknell Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.1 | 46.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 20% | 39% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.95 | 4.17 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 15% | 17% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.4 | 31.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.4 | 49.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 15% | 14% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 208 | 100% | 88% | 20% | 22% | 71% |
| English Language | 206 | 99% | 89% | 18% | 20% | 75% |
| English Literature | 191 | 91% | 86% | 20% | 21% | 78% |
| Combined Science | 148 | 71% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 55% |
| History | 105 | 50% | 41% | 31% | 26% | 74% |
| Physical Education | 79 | 38% | 11% | 10% | 24% | 61% |
| Design and Technology | 73 | 35% | 11% | 16% | 23% | 52% |
| Geography | 67 | 32% | 41% | 16% | 25% | 58% |
| French | 52 | 25% | 18% | 27% | 29% | 81% |
| Biology | 51 | 24% | 23% | 47% | 45% | 96% |
| Chemistry | 50 | 24% | 23% | 56% | 47% | 98% |
| Physics | 50 | 24% | 23% | 48% | 46% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 43 | 21% | 9% | 19% | 28% | 70% |
| Citizenship Studies | 38 | 18% | 3% | 18% | 19% | 76% |
| Computer Science | 35 | 17% | 13% | 23% | 30% | 83% |
| Drama | 20 | 10% | 7% | 35% | 27% | 85% |
| Religious Studies | 20 | 10% | 31% | 20% | 32% | 70% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 17 | 8% | 8% | 12% | 21% | 53% |
| Photography | 17 | 8% | 6% | 6% | 19% | 47% |
| Spanish | 7 | 3% | 19% | 29% | 27% | 86% |
| Music | 5 | 2% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Business Studies | 1 | 0% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Sociology | 1 | 0% | 4% | — | 21% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 32 | — | — |
| Beauty Care / Services | 26 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 24 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 24 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 18 | — | — |
Where Sandhurst School is
Other secondary schools in Bracknell Forest are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Bracknell Forest’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Bracknell Forest
Garth Hill College
Community school · sixth form · 1,452 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
King's Academy Binfield
Free schools · sixth form · 1,500 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.6
King's Academy Easthampstead Park
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,050 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2
Ranelagh School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,138 pupils
96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.4
The Brakenhale School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,001 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.