Sands School

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We trust our students to make key decisions about their own education and about the daily running of the school

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Students learn to think and choose for themselves

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Students and staff work together to make Sands a unique and wonderful place to study, work and play

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Latest News

Christmas Concert 2024

Dec 18, 2024

Students at Sands learn music through practice and play, picking up music theory along the way. Our end of term concerts are a wonderful celebration of the term's hard work and an opportunity for our more serious musicians to showcase their personal projects too. We...

We’re Hiring!

May 1, 2024

We are seeking a talented ICT Teacher, Humanities Teacher and Administrator to start in September 2024. Could this be your opportunity to work for one of the few democratic schools in the UK? Sands School is a small alternative school located in the town of Ashburton...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

May 1, 2024

Last term our students staged a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream as part of the Shakespeare Schools Festival with the final performance at Exeter's Barnfield Theatre. It was an incredible feat of teamwork, creativity and commitment and we are so...