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Owlsmoor Primary School, Sandhurst

Primary
Academy converter
Mixed
Ages 3–11

Owlsmoor Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Sandhurst, part of The Circle Trust.

Demand
Oversubscribed
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Bracknell Forest (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Owlsmoor Primary School in detail

Owlsmoor Primary School in its own words

In its own words: "At Owlsmoor Primary School, we aim to encourage a love of learning thus making every day a rewarding experience for child and teacher. We offer a broad curriculum in line with the requirements of the “Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage”, the National Curriculum and advice of the Department for Education and Employment and the Local Education Authority."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care until 5:00pm.

Vision and values (school website)Wraparound care (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

Owlsmoor Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, under its previous registration (URN 109870), 67% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

Getting a place at Owlsmoor Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 53 families put Owlsmoor Primary School as their first choice and 92 named it as one of their preferences, for 59 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Owlsmoor Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Owlsmoor Primary School are College Town Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 84% reading, 73% maths); Wildmoor Heath School (0.8 miles, Good, 83% reading, 74% maths); Uplands Primary School and Nursery (1.1 miles, 90% reading, 87% maths); and Crowthorne Church of England Primary School (1.4 miles, Outstanding, 93% reading, 90% maths).

College Town Primary SchoolWildmoor Heath SchoolUplands Primary School and NurseryCrowthorne Church of England Primary School

The trust

Owlsmoor Primary School is one of 11 schools run by The Circle Trust, an academy trust.

All 11 schools in The Circle Trust

Who goes there

11.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 12% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (77%), Asian (9%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 66 pupils (13%) received SEN support and 32 (6.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Owlsmoor Primary School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs, autism and moderate learning difficulties: 20 places, 19 pupils on roll.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Sandhurst Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Yeovil Road Shops (e-bound), 320 metres away.

The area around the school

In August 2026, police recorded 49 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Bracknell Forest (84).

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Owlsmoor Primary School are Sandhurst School (0.3 miles) and Edgbarrow School (0.9 miles).

Sandhurst SchoolEdgbarrow School

Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime

Location

Likely (~610m)Possible (~872m)Unlikely (~1.1km)

Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr Simon Cope
Pupils:507
LA:Bracknell Forest
Phone:01344776642
Address:Cambridge Road, Owlsmoor, Sandhurst, GU47 0TA
Trust:THE CIRCLE TRUST (11 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 July 2025

Ofsted Rating

Owlsmoor Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in July 2025. Before that, as Owlsmoor Primary School (URN 109870), it was rated Good in November 2012.

URN:151784
UKPRN:10097838
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Bracknell
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

At a Glance

11.6%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

Resourced provision: Speech and language, Autism, MLD

SEN Provision

No

Special Measures

Class Sizes

28.0

Avg class size

23.7

Infant (KS1)

31.4

KS2

15

Total classes

6 classes with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

Results at Owlsmoor Primary School before it took its current form in 2025 (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

Published under the school's previous registration (URN 109870). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading-6ppMaths-2ppWriting-7pp

Reading has declined from 73% to 67% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 71% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 78% to 71% (2024 to 2025).

How Does This School Compare?

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Owlsmoor Primary School.

  • In2Sport at OwlsmoorAt the school · Not yet graded

Term dates

Owlsmoor Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Bracknell Forest's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Bus Stops

Yeovil Road Shops (E-bound)
320m · 5 min walk
Branksome Hill Road (opp)
407m · 7 min walk
Sandhurst School (adj)
601m · 10 min walk
College Crescent (Opp)
795m · 13 min walk
Evenlode Way (adj)
1.0km · 17 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
6
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Children hurt
4

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 6 slight.

4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.

1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Bracknell Forest is 7 (the median across 46 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Owlsmoor Primary School

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  • How many families in Bracknell Forest got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

74%

Available places

507 pupils

686 places

179 spare places

as recorded on GIAS

Area Demand Pressure - Sandhurst

Low pressure
New homes approved:521
Projected new pupils:130

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Sandhurst

Across Bracknell Forest council

Low demand council-wide0.95 applications per place

Places available

1,470

Applications

1,397

Got 1st preference

89.1%

Got preferred school

96.8%

All primary applications across Bracknell Forest council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

66

SEN Support

32

EHC Plans

19.3%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

Owlsmoor Primary School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs, autism and moderate learning difficulties: 20 places, 19 pupils on roll.

Source: GIAS, Department for Education.

Resourced Provision

Pupils by Need Type

Speech, Language & Communication45
Moderate Learning Difficulty15
Autistic Spectrum Disorder13
Social, Emotional & Mental Health9
Specific Learning Difficulty3
Physical Disability3
Severe Learning Difficulty2
Hearing Impairment2
Visual Impairment2
Multi-Sensory Impairment1
Other1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
77.1%
Asian
8.5%
Black
1.6%
Mixed
6.3%
Chinese
0.6%
Other
0.8%
Unclassified
0.4%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals11.6%
English as Additional Language12.0%

507

Total Pupils

284

Boys

223

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

23

Teachers

22.0:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£50,732

Mean salary

2026 data

Absence at Owlsmoor Primary School before it took its current form in 2025
2024/25

Published under the school's previous registration (URN 109870). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.

4.2%

Overall absence

9.3%

Persistent absence

460

Enrolments

Authorised3.0%
Unauthorised1.2%
Persistent (10%+)9.3%
Severe (50%+)0.7%

Absence trend

2.9%
18/19
3.4%
20/21
4.6%
21/22
4.4%
22/23
4.7%
23/24
4.2%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Secondary Schools Nearby

Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to

Questions parents ask about Owlsmoor Primary School

Are there exam results for Owlsmoor Primary School?

Owlsmoor Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, under its previous registration (URN 109870), 67% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

What is Owlsmoor Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Owlsmoor Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in July 2025. Before that, as Owlsmoor Primary School (URN 109870), it was rated Good in November 2012.

What is the catchment area for Owlsmoor Primary School?

No fixed boundary. When Owlsmoor Primary School is oversubscribed, Bracknell Forest allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

How big are the classes at Owlsmoor Primary School?

Classes at Owlsmoor Primary School average 28 pupils (2025/26). 6 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.

How many pupils go to Owlsmoor Primary School?

Owlsmoor Primary School has around 507 pupils on roll. 12% are eligible for free school meals.

Does Owlsmoor Primary School have specialist SEN provision?

Owlsmoor Primary School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs, autism and moderate learning difficulties: 20 places, 19 pupils on roll.

How do I apply to Owlsmoor Primary School?

Apply through Bracknell Forest's coordinated admissions process, naming Owlsmoor Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

Does Owlsmoor Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: In2Sport at Owlsmoor (registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.

How many road collisions happen near Owlsmoor Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 6 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 6 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Bracknell Forest is 7 (the median across 46 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Owlsmoor Primary School?

Owlsmoor Primary School is at Cambridge Road, Owlsmoor, Sandhurst, Berkshire, GU47 0TA.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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