Voluntary aided school · Kent

Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

5–11Ages
196Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
118715URN

Chevening Road, Chipstead, Sevenoaks, TN13 2SA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodNov 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jun 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.3per place

0.8 above Kent median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

98 applications for 30 places · 65th of 385 in Kent

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

76%met the expected standard

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodNov 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jun 2025

The graded inspection, 26 November 2019Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

4 June 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
26 November 2019
Graded inspection: Good

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

3.3applications per place, Reception

0.8 above Kent median (2.4) 1.1 above England median (2.2)

98 applications · 30 places offered · 33 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 3.3; Kent median median 2.4
2025 2.8; Kent median median 2.3
2024 2.6; Kent median median 2.4
2023 2.8; Kent median median 2.3
2022 2.7; Kent median median 2.1
2021 2.8; Kent median median 2.2
2020 2.9; Kent median median 2.2
2019 3.0; Kent median median 2.1
2018 3.7; Kent median median 2.1
2017 3.4; Kent median median 2.2
2016 3.6; Kent median median 2.5
2015 4.3; Kent median median 2.4
2014 3.8; 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	30	98	3.3	33	1.10
Sep 2025	28	79	2.8	25	0.89
Sep 2024	30	79	2.6	32	1.07
Sep 2023	30	84	2.8	31	1.03
Sep 2022	27	72	2.7	25	0.93
Sep 2021	26	72	2.8	24	0.92
Sep 2020	28	81	2.9	21	0.75
Sep 2019	30	90	3.0	30	1.00
Sep 2018	30	112	3.7	33	1.10
Sep 2017	30	103	3.4	28	0.93
Sep 2016	30	107	3.6	26	0.87
Sep 2015	30	130	4.3	37	1.23
Sep 2014	30	114	3.8	39	1.30

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 95% · Writing 86% · Maths 86% → all three 76% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard76%81st of 421 in Kent

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard95%

Kent 78% England 78%

Higher standard71%

Kent 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 111 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard86%

Kent 77% England 75%

Greater depth19%

Kent 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard86%

Kent 75% England 77%

Higher standard48%

Kent 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 109 (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	76%	14%	111	109
2023/24	62%	5%	108	104
2022/23	79%	10%	112	107

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

Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

3.3applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Amherst School
1.3 km · Kent

Good2022

78%met the SATs standard
Riverhead Infants' School
1.6 km · Kent

Good2023

2.1applications per place
Dunton Green Primary School
1.6 km · Kent

Good2024

2.0applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
Sundridge and Brasted Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
2.1 km · Kent

Good2023

2.7applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Sevenoaks Primary School
2.9 km · Kent

Remains Good2023

3.2applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks
3.5 km · Kent

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.8applications per place 89%met the SATs standard
Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Sevenoaks
3.7 km · Kent

2026

3.3applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
St Katharine's Knockholt Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
3.8 km · Kent

Remains Good2022

1.9applications per place 78%met the SATs standard

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School details

Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 118715 · 886/3307
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 210 pupils · 196 on roll
Free school meals: 5.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Chevening Road, Chipstead, Sevenoaks, TN13 2SA
Local authority: Kent · Sevenoaks

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