Graded inspection · Apr 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Kent
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 19 April 2023Graded inspection: Good
- 23 March 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 entry124 applications · 60 places offered · 52 named it first
- 2026 2.1; Kent median median 2.4
- 2025 2.0; Kent median median 2.3
- 2024 2.6; Kent median median 2.4
- 2023 2.5; Kent median median 2.3
- 2022 2.6; Kent median median 2.1
- 2021 2.4; Kent median median 2.2
- 2020 2.1; Kent median median 2.2
- 2019 2.4; Kent median median 2.1
- 2018 2.1; Kent median median 2.1
- 2017 2.3; Kent median median 2.2
- 2016 1.9; Kent median median 2.5
- 2015 1.9; Kent median median 2.4
- 2014 1.7; Kent median median 2.3
- 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 | 124 | 2.1 | 52 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2025 | 56 | 114 | 2.0 | 54 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 52 | 136 | 2.6 | 49 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 150 | 2.5 | 76 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 154 | 2.6 | 91 | 1.52 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 145 | 2.4 | 82 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 125 | 2.1 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2019 | 59 | 140 | 2.4 | 64 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2018 | 54 | 114 | 2.1 | 52 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 139 | 2.3 | 71 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 111 | 1.9 | 48 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 113 | 1.9 | 54 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 102 | 1.7 | 42 | 0.70 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Brookfield Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.1applications per place
- 0.1 km · KentRemains Good202363%met the SATs standard
- 0.1 km · KentRemains Good20233.4applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 20262.5applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · KentRemains Good20231.2applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · KentRequires improvement201944%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · KentGood20222.9applications per place
- 1.6 km · KentRemains Good20231.7applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · KentOutstanding20232.7applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 118484 · 886/2514
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 180 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Swallow Road, Larkfield, Aylesford, ME20 6PY
- Local authority
- Kent · Tonbridge and Malling
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources