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St Paul's Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 242Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 118461URN

Hillary Road, Maidstone, ME14 2BS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJun 2016
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jul 2025
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.5per place
1.0 below Kent median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

124 applications for 85 places · 369th of 385 in Kent

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJun 2016
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jul 2025

Inspection history

  1. 2 July 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 14 June 2016
    Graded inspection: Good

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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
1.5applications per place, Reception
1.0 below Kent median (2.4) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

124 applications · 85 places offered · 64 named it first

  1. 2026 1.5; Kent median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.8; Kent median median 2.3
  3. 2024 1.5; Kent median median 2.4
  4. 2023 1.5; Kent median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.5; Kent median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.7; Kent median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.6; Kent median median 2.2
  8. 2019 1.5; Kent median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.5; Kent median median 2.1
  10. 2017 1.7; Kent median median 2.2
  11. 2016 1.9; Kent median median 2.5
  12. 2015 1.7; Kent median median 2.4
  13. 2014 1.7; 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 2026851241.5640.75
Sep 2025721311.8550.76
Sep 2024901361.5710.79
Sep 2023861301.5650.76
Sep 2022841261.5640.76
Sep 2021671141.7590.88
Sep 2020901401.6660.73
Sep 2019901371.5740.82
Sep 2018901321.5500.56
Sep 2017901571.7750.83
Sep 2016901681.9840.93
Sep 2015901491.7670.74
Sep 2014791311.7560.71

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
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
118461 · 886/2474
Capacity
270 pupils · 242 on roll
Free school meals
23.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Hillary Road, Maidstone, ME14 2BS
Local authority
Kent · Maidstone

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