Academy sponsor led · Kent

Copperfield Academy

3–11Ages
459Pupils
PrimaryPhase
139685URN

Dover Road East, Northfleet, Gravesend, DA11 0RB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

1.0 below Kent median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

86 applications for 58 places · 366th of 385 in Kent

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

72%met the expected standard

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 2 December 2025Published 12 February 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard	Expected standard
Inclusion			Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching			Expected standard
Achievement			Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing			Expected standard
Early years			Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance			Expected standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

2 December 2025
Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
5 May 2021
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)

86 applications · 58 places offered · 39 named it first

2026 1.5; Kent median median 2.4
2025 2.0; Kent median median 2.3
2024 2.0; Kent median median 2.4
2023 1.8; Kent median median 2.3
2022 1.7; Kent median median 2.1
2021 1.7; Kent median median 2.2
2020 0.8; Kent median median 2.2
2019 1.2; Kent median median 2.1
2018 1.5; Kent median median 2.1
2017 1.6; Kent median median 2.2
2016 2.1; Kent median median 2.5
2015 2.0; Kent median median 2.4
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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	58	86	1.5	39	0.67
Sep 2025	53	105	2.0	48	0.91
Sep 2024	59	116	2.0	43	0.73
Sep 2023	38	67	1.8	33	0.87
Sep 2022	49	84	1.7	44	0.90
Sep 2021	43	74	1.7	34	0.79
Sep 2020	60	50	0.8	22	0.37
Sep 2019	51	61	1.2	31	0.61
Sep 2018	65	99	1.5	48	0.74
Sep 2017	60	94	1.6	44	0.73
Sep 2016	60	124	2.1	53	0.88
Sep 2015	60	122	2.0	42	0.70
Sep 2014	59	101	1.7	31	0.53

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 77% · Writing 80% · Maths 78% → all three 72% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard72%130th of 421 in Kent

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard77%

Kent 78% England 78%

Higher standard32%

Kent 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard80%

Kent 77% England 75%

Greater depth17%

Kent 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard78%

Kent 75% England 77%

Higher standard13%

Kent 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (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	72%	7%	104	103
2023/24	69%	5%	106	103
2022/23	38%	0%	100	98

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

Copperfield AcademyThis school
This school

2025

1.5applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School
0.5 km · Kent

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.9applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
St Botolph's Church of England Primary School
0.6 km · Kent

Remains Good2023

2.2applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Rosherville Church of England Academy
0.8 km · Kent

Good2022

2.8applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Northfleet
0.9 km · Kent

Outstanding2023

4.1applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
Wrotham Road Primary School
1.1 km · Kent

Remains Good2022

2.2applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Shears Green Junior School
1.3 km · Kent

Remains Good2023

52%met the SATs standard
Shears Green Infant School
1.3 km · Kent

Standards maintained2024

2.5applications per place
Springhead Park Primary School
1.5 km · Kent

Good2023

3.2applications per place 66%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 139685 · 886/2024
Trust: Reach2 Academy Trust
Capacity: 480 pupils · 459 on roll
Free school meals: 39.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 November 2013
Replaced: Dover Road Community Primary School (URN 118581)
Address: Dover Road East, Northfleet, Gravesend, DA11 0RB
Local authority: Kent · Gravesham

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