Sandown School

Academy converterPrimaryAges 4–11Mixed

Golf Road, Deal, CT14 6PY

Headteacher · Ms Kate Luxford

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 10 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils348Capacity 420

OfstedSchool remains GoodInspected 20 September 2023

TrustDeal Education Alliance for Learning Trust

Free school meals31%

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 20 September 2023.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Kent council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

All 41 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered44

Applications71

First choice41

First-choice offers41

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).