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Willesborough Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 333Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 118370URN

Church Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0JZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.4per place
1.1 below Kent median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

137 applications for 100 places · 376th of 385 in Kent
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 14 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionGood

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
1.4applications per place, Reception
1.1 below Kent median (2.4) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

137 applications · 100 places offered · 90 named it first

  1. 2026 1.4; Kent median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.6; Kent median median 2.3
  3. 2024 1.6; Kent median median 2.4
  4. 2023 1.6; Kent median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.5; Kent median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.5; Kent median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.4; Kent median median 2.2
  8. 2019 1.6; Kent median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.4; Kent median median 2.1
  10. 2017 1.6; Kent median median 2.2
  11. 2016 1.4; Kent median median 2.5
  12. 2015 1.7; Kent median median 2.4
  13. 2014 1.6; Kent median median 2.3
More applications per place than the Kent median in 0 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261001371.4900.90
Sep 20251041611.6960.92
Sep 20241101711.61040.95
Sep 20231121781.61090.97
Sep 20221011501.5960.95
Sep 20211101651.5980.89
Sep 20201181591.41080.92
Sep 20191211891.61281.06
Sep 20181021421.4930.91
Sep 20171201931.61361.13
Sep 20161321881.41190.90
Sep 20151202041.71281.07
Sep 20141201941.61140.95

Schools nearby

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

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

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
118370 · 886/2276
Capacity
360 pupils · 333 on roll
Free school meals
13.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Church Road, Willesborough, Ashford, TN24 0JZ
Local authority
Kent · Ashford

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