Robert Peel Primary School
Dapifer Drive, Sandy, SG19 1QJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- Pinnacle Trust
- Headteacher
- Miss Liesl Ganney
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 386
- URN
- 109522
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01767681185
About this school
Robert Peel Primary School is a foundation primary school in Sandy. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 386 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 42 | 59 | 53 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 64% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 81% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 73% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 71% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Robert Peel Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Central Bedfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 64% | 47.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 49.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 49.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 391 |
| 2023/24 | 394 |
| 2024/25 | 399 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Robert Peel Primary School compares
Robert Peel Primary School ranked 27th of 48 primary schools in Central Bedfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 5.3% | 28.7% | 386 | — |
| Laburnum Primary School | 63% | 5.8% | 24.3% | 174 | 0.3 miles |
| St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary School | 38% | 5.8% | 18% | 172 | 0.5 miles |
| Maple Tree Primary School | 71% | 4% | 11.2% | 241 | 0.6 miles |
| John Donne Church of England Primary School | 29% | 5.5% | 17.4% | 119 | 1.6 miles |
| Moggerhanger Primary School | 62% | 4.1% | 15.6% | 119 | 1.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.73%
- English as an additional language
- 3.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.34%
- Persistent absence
- 15.48%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Laburnum Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Sandy
-
St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Sandy
-
Maple Tree Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Sandy
-
John Donne Church of England Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Bedford
-
Moggerhanger Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Bedford
Other schools in Sandy
Robert Peel Primary School ranks 4th of the 7 ranked primary schools in Sandy.
- Barnabas Oley CofE Primary School Primary
- Gamlingay Village Primary Primary
- Laburnum Primary School Primary
- Maple Tree Primary School Primary
- Potton Primary School Primary
- St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary School Primary
- Wrestlingworth CofE Infant School Primary
- Sandy Secondary School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Robert Peel Primary School teach?
- Robert Peel Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Sandy.
- Who is the headteacher of Robert Peel Primary School?
- The headteacher of Robert Peel Primary School is Miss Liesl Ganney, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Robert Peel Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Robert Peel Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Robert Peel Primary School?
- Robert Peel Primary School has 386 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Robert Peel Primary School full?
- Robert Peel Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 386 on roll (92%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Robert Peel Primary School a faith school?
- No. Robert Peel Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Robert Peel Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Robert Peel Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Robert Peel Primary School?
- Robert Peel Primary School is part of Pinnacle Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Robert Peel Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Robert Peel Primary School rank locally?
- Robert Peel Primary School ranked 27th of 48 primary schools in Central Bedfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Robert Peel Primary School's absence rate?
- Robert Peel Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Robert Peel Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Robert Peel Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.