Graded inspection · Jul 2025 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 | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry26 applications · 9 places offered · 7 named it first
- 2026 2.9; Kent median median 2.4
- 2025 1.5; Kent median median 2.3
- 2024 5.3; Kent median median 2.4
- 2023 1.5; Kent median median 2.3
- 2022 2.3; Kent median median 2.1
- 2021 1.8; Kent median median 2.2
- 2020 2.5; Kent median median 2.2
- 2019 1.6; Kent median median 2.1
- 2018 1.6; Kent median median 2.1
- 2017 1.6; Kent median median 2.2
- 2016 2.5; Kent median median 2.5
- 2015 2.1; Kent median median 2.4
- 2014 1.9; 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 | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 7 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2025 | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 7 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 2 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2023 | 15 | 22 | 1.5 | 6 | 0.40 |
| Sep 2022 | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 14 | 25 | 1.8 | 8 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2020 | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 11 | 17 | 1.6 | 10 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 | 13 | 21 | 1.6 | 7 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2017 | 17 | 27 | 1.6 | 12 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2016 | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 11 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 | 17 | 35 | 2.1 | 12 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2014 | 18 | 34 | 1.9 | 16 | 0.89 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Kent median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 78% | 0% | 106 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 31% | 8% | 102 | 101 |
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
- Lynsted and Norton Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place
- 1.9 km · KentGraded · no overall grade2025
- Standards maintained20253.0applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · KentOutstanding20246.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · KentGood20222.1applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · KentRemains Good20244.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · KentGood20221.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · KentGood20241.9applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · KentOutstanding20233.1applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 137467 · 886/2233
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 63 on roll
- Free school meals
- 57.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Lynsted and Norton Primary School (URN 118343)
- Address
- Lynsted Lane, Lynsted, Sittingbourne, ME9 0RL
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources