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St Michael's Church of England Infant School Maidstone

  • 5–7Ages
  • 118Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 118626URN

Douglas Road, Maidstone, ME16 8ER · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
close to Kent median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

100 applications for 40 places · 163rd of 385 in Kent
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 3 December 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
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
2.5applications per place, Reception
close to Kent median (2.4) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

100 applications · 40 places offered · 43 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.5; Kent median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.6; Kent median median 2.3
  3. 2024 3.5; Kent median median 2.4
  4. 2023 3.2; Kent median median 2.3
  5. 2022 3.1; Kent median median 2.1
  6. 2021 3.1; Kent median median 2.2
  7. 2020 3.4; Kent median median 2.2
  8. 2019 3.1; Kent median median 2.1
  9. 2018 3.6; Kent median median 2.1
  10. 2017 3.8; Kent median median 2.2
  11. 2016 4.5; Kent median median 2.5
  12. 2015 4.6; Kent median median 2.4
  13. 2014 3.9; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026401002.5431.08
Sep 2025401032.6451.13
Sep 2024401393.5541.35
Sep 2023401293.2511.27
Sep 2022401223.1651.63
Sep 2021401223.1511.27
Sep 2020401343.4611.53
Sep 2019401223.1681.70
Sep 2018401453.6691.73
Sep 2017401523.8651.63
Sep 2016401784.5711.78
Sep 2015401834.6972.42
Sep 2014401543.9671.68

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
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
118626 · 886/3073
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
120 pupils · 118 on roll
Free school meals
20.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Douglas Road, Maidstone, ME16 8ER
Local authority
Kent · Maidstone

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