Primary
Laburnum Primary School
Laburnum Road, Sandy, SG19 1HQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 174 of 240 places
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2025
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
December 2022
Previous framework
Inadequate
Safeguarding: not met
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Early yearsRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
SATs results
63%
106.0
7th of 7 by our score, among the primary schools in Sandy we can score - 8 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 105 |
| Average reading score | 106 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 63% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Laburnum Road, Sandy, SG19 1HQ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Central Bedfordshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ben Bardell
- Address
- Laburnum Road, Sandy, SG19 1HQ
- Telephone
- 01767680691