Academy converter · Kent

Whitehill Primary School

3–11Ages
515Pupils
PrimaryPhase
140800URN

Sun Lane, Gravesend, DA12 5HN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement

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

78 applications for 31 places · 161st of 385 in Kent

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

42%met the expected standard

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 27 February 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management		Requires improvement
Early years provision	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

2.5applications per place, Reception

close to Kent median (2.4) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

78 applications · 31 places offered · 29 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 2.5; Kent median median 2.4
2025 2.1; Kent median median 2.3
2024 1.9; Kent median median 2.4
2023 2.3; Kent median median 2.3
2022 1.9; Kent median median 2.1
2021 1.9; Kent median median 2.2
2020 1.7; Kent median median 2.2
2019 1.8; Kent median median 2.1
2018 1.9; Kent median median 2.1
2017 2.1; Kent median median 2.2
2016 1.4; Kent median median 2.5
2015 1.1; Kent median median 2.4
2014 1.2; Kent median median 2.3; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Kent median in 1 of 12 years.

This school
Kent median

Dashed bars: as Whitehill Primary School (URN 121790), the previous school.

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	31	78	2.5	29	0.94
Sep 2025	40	83	2.1	35	0.88
Sep 2024	55	102	1.9	48	0.87
Sep 2023	46	107	2.3	43	0.93
Sep 2022	66	124	1.9	63	0.95
Sep 2021	71	135	1.9	61	0.86
Sep 2020	85	147	1.7	69	0.81
Sep 2019	80	142	1.8	78	0.98
Sep 2018	90	173	1.9	92	1.02
Sep 2017	90	187	2.1	92	1.02
Sep 2016	90	123	1.4	59	0.66
Sep 2015	90	101	1.1	51	0.57
Sep 2014 *	90	106	1.2	42	0.47

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 61% · Writing 53% · Maths 57% → all three 42% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard42%385th of 421 in Kent

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard61%

Kent 78% England 78%

Higher standard23%

Kent 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard53%

Kent 77% England 75%

Greater depth9%

Kent 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard57%

Kent 75% England 77%

Higher standard22%

Kent 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (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	42%	9%	103	102
2023/24	42%	1%	103	101
2022/23	46%	8%	104	102

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

Whitehill Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Requires improvement2024

2.5applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
King's Farm Primary School
0.9 km · Kent

Remains Good2024

1.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Tymberwood Academy
1.3 km · Kent

Remains Good2022

2.2applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Wrotham Road Primary School
1.3 km · Kent

Remains Good2022

2.2applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Westcourt Primary School
1.3 km · Kent

Standards maintained2025

2.5applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
1.3 km · Kent

Remains Good2023

2.0applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
Shears Green Junior School
1.4 km · Kent

Remains Good2023

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

Standards maintained2024

2.5applications per place
The Riverview Academy
1.4 km · Kent

Good2021

1.9applications per place

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 140800 · 886/3900
Trust: Aletheia Academies Trust
Capacity: 630 pupils · 515 on roll
Free school meals: 36.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 April 2014
Replaced: Whitehill Primary School (URN 121790)
Address: Sun Lane, Gravesend, DA12 5HN
Local authority: Kent · Gravesham

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