Report card · inspected Nov 2025
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Exceptional | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 25 November 2025Report card · 1 Exceptional, 6 Strong standard
- 29 November 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 entry55 applications · 15 places offered · 16 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 3.7; Kent median median 2.4
- 2025 3.6; Kent median median 2.3
- 2024 3.7; Kent median median 2.4
- 2023 2.6; Kent median median 2.3
- 2022 3.5; Kent median median 2.1
- 2021 2.8; Kent median median 2.2
- 2020 2.9; Kent median median 2.2
- 2019 3.2; Kent median median 2.1
- 2018 2.4; Kent median median 2.1
- 2017 2.1; Kent median median 2.2
- 2016 4.2; Kent median median 2.5
- 2015 2.7; Kent median median 2.4
- 2014 2.6; Kent median median 2.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Kent median
Dashed bars: as Adisham Church of England Primary School (URN 118652), 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 | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2025 | 15 | 54 | 3.6 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2024 | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 15 | 39 | 2.6 | 13 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2022 | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 15 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2020 | 14 | 41 | 2.9 | 15 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2019 | 20 | 63 | 3.2 | 22 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 | 20 | 48 | 2.4 | 21 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2017 | 14 | 29 | 2.1 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 10 | 42 | 4.2 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 11 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2014 * | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 10 | 0.91 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 75% · Writing 75% · Maths 81% → all three 75% 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 | 75% | 19% | 108 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 15% | 107 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 89% | 22% | 110 | 108 |
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
- Adisham Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20253.7applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · KentRemains Good · concerns noted20231.4applications per place
- 2.1 km · Kent20262.0applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · KentGood20243.2applications per place 33%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20243.7applications per place 0%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · Kent20263.1applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · KentSome aspects not as strong20242.4applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · KentGood20233.0applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- Remains Good20232.4applications per place 74%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
- 141308 · 886/3119
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 101 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Replaced
- Adisham Church of England Primary School (URN 118652)
- Address
- The Street, Adisham, Canterbury, CT3 3JW
- Local authority
- Kent · Canterbury
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources