Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Kent
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| 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
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Inspection history
- 16 June 2026Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 2 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry48 applications · 24 places offered · 24 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.0; Kent median median 2.4
- 2025 2.0; Kent median median 2.3
- 2024 2.3; Kent median median 2.4
- 2023 1.9; Kent median median 2.3
- 2022 1.7; Kent median median 2.1
- 2021 2.2; Kent median median 2.2
- 2020 2.1; Kent median median 2.2
- 2019 2.1; Kent median median 2.1
- 2018 2.0; Kent median median 2.1
- 2017 1.6; Kent median median 2.2
- 2016 2.3; Kent median median 2.5
- 2015 1.7; 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 | 24 | 48 | 2.0 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 20 | 40 | 2.0 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 16 | 36 | 2.3 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 16 | 31 | 1.9 | 14 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 | 29 | 48 | 1.7 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 16 | 35 | 2.2 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 18 | 37 | 2.1 | 19 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2019 | 15 | 32 | 2.1 | 19 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2018 | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 14 | 23 | 1.6 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 17 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2015 | 10 | 17 | 1.7 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 13 | 22 | 1.7 | 13 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 86% · Writing 71% · Maths 86% → all three 71% 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 | 71% | 0% | 112 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 6% | 111 | 109 |
| 2022/23 | 71% | 6% | 108 | 103 |
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
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, AyleshamThis schoolThis school20262.0applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · KentRemains Good · concerns noted20231.4applications per place
- 1.2 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20243.7applications per place 0%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Kent20253.7applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · KentGood20243.2applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · KentGood20233.0applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · KentOutstanding20222.0applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 4.8 km · Kent20263.1applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 5.1 km · Kent20262.4applications per place 82%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 140520 · 886/3719
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 133 pupils · 140 on roll
- Free school meals
- 35.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2014
- Replaced
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (URN 118762)
- Address
- Ackholt Road, Aylesham, Canterbury, CT3 3AS
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources