Sandown Primary School and Nursery

About Sandown Primary School and Nursery

Sandown Primary School and Nursery in Hastings holds a Good rating from Ofsted following its most recent graded inspection in 2016, and an ungraded inspection in January 2025 confirmed that standards have been maintained. The school’s most telling academic metric is its Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard, which sits at 64% of pupils. That figure is five percentage points above the East Sussex local authority average of 59%, placing Sandown 8th out of 16 primary schools in Hastings and in the top half nationally. The school also achieves a higher-than-average maths average scaled score of 106, with 79% of pupils reaching the expected standard in maths and 32% hitting the higher standard. Reading and writing expected standards are both 73%, and the average reading scaled score is 105. Just 7% of pupils reach the higher standard across all three subjects, which is a modest figure but reflects the school’s intake, with 41.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

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