Community school · Kent

Blean Primary School

3–11Ages
449Pupils
PrimaryPhase
118356URN

Whitstable Road, Blean, Canterbury, CT2 9ED · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded OutstandingMar 2016

School remains OutstandingUngraded inspection · Mar 2022

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.6per place

close to Kent median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

156 applications for 60 places · 145th of 385 in Kent

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

80%met the expected standard

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded OutstandingMar 2016

School remains OutstandingUngraded inspection · Mar 2022

Inspection history

9 March 2022
Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding
1 March 2016
Graded inspection: Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.6applications per place, Reception

close to Kent median (2.4) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

156 applications · 60 places offered · 80 named it first

2026 2.6; Kent median median 2.4
2025 2.8; Kent median median 2.3
2024 2.6; Kent median median 2.4
2023 2.7; Kent median median 2.3
2022 2.4; Kent median median 2.1
2021 2.5; Kent median median 2.2
2020 2.4; Kent median median 2.2
2019 2.7; Kent median median 2.1
2018 2.5; Kent median median 2.1
2017 2.5; Kent median median 2.2
2016 2.8; Kent median median 2.5
2015 2.6; Kent median median 2.4
2014 3.1; Kent median median 2.3

More applications per place than the Kent median in 13 of 13 years.

This school
Kent median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	60	156	2.6	80	1.33
Sep 2025	59	166	2.8	80	1.36
Sep 2024	60	157	2.6	89	1.48
Sep 2023	60	161	2.7	66	1.10
Sep 2022	61	148	2.4	76	1.25
Sep 2021	60	149	2.5	63	1.05
Sep 2020	61	147	2.4	72	1.18
Sep 2019	60	159	2.7	90	1.50
Sep 2018	60	147	2.5	73	1.22
Sep 2017	60	149	2.5	78	1.30
Sep 2016	60	165	2.8	66	1.10
Sep 2015	60	157	2.6	61	1.02
Sep 2014	60	183	3.1	61	1.02

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 87% · Writing 90% · Maths 85% → all three 80% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard80%54th of 421 in Kent

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard87%

Kent 78% England 78%

Higher standard59%

Kent 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard90%

Kent 77% England 75%

Greater depth26%

Kent 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard85%

Kent 75% England 77%

Higher standard48%

Kent 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Kent median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	80%	25%	109	108
2023/24	71%	16%	108	106
2022/23	83%	22%	110	109

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Blean Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Remains Outstanding2022

2.6applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
St Stephen's Junior School
2.1 km · Kent

Remains Good2023

44%met the SATs standard
St Stephen's Infant School
2.1 km · Kent

Good2024

2.3applications per place
The Canterbury Primary School
2.4 km · Kent

Remains Good2022

2.1applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
St Johns Church of England Primary School
2.7 km · Kent

Good2024

2.6applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
St Peter's Methodist Primary School
2.7 km · Kent

Standards maintained2024

3.8applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Canterbury
3.1 km · Kent

Good2023

4.3applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Wincheap Foundation Primary School
3.4 km · Kent

2026

2.1applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Parkside Community Foundation Primary School
4.0 km · Kent

Good2023

1.3applications per place 23%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 118356 · 886/2258
Capacity: 469 pupils · 449 on roll
Free school meals: 9.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Address: Whitstable Road, Blean, Canterbury, CT2 9ED
Local authority: Kent · Canterbury

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources