Maple Tree Lower School was opened in September 2000 to serve the Fallow Field and more recently the St Ivel Park estates which are on the northern edge of the market town of Sandy From September 2011, our school became part of the Pinnacle Trust which comprises of Sandy Upper School, Sandye Place Academy, Alban Academy, Potton Lower School, St Swithuns Lower School, Robert Peel Lower School, Laburnum Lower School, Maple Tree Lower School and Moggerhanger Lower School The standard number for each year group at Maple Tree is forty five and the Government requires that all Key Stage One classes must not be above thirty We are currently developing the landscape and have planted a range of trees, bushes and plants as well as erecting two large pavilions to provide outdoor learning spaces We have been privileged enough to recieve lottery funding under the grant