Academy converter · Kent

St Botolph's Church of England Primary School

4–11Ages
422Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
141579URN

Dover Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, DA11 9PL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodSep 2017

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2023

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.2per place

0.2 below Kent median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

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133 applications for 60 places · 227th of 385 in Kent

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

70%met the expected standard

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodSep 2017

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2023

Inspection history

29 March 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
13 September 2017
Graded inspection: 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

2.2applications per place, Reception

0.2 below Kent median (2.4) close to England median (2.2)

133 applications · 60 places offered · 51 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.2; Kent median median 2.4
2025 2.3; Kent median median 2.3
2024 2.3; Kent median median 2.4
2023 2.0; Kent median median 2.3
2022 1.9; Kent median median 2.1
2021 2.3; Kent median median 2.2
2020 2.8; Kent median median 2.2
2019 2.6; Kent median median 2.1
2018 2.8; Kent median median 2.1
2017 2.3; Kent median median 2.2
2016 3.3; Kent median median 2.5
2015 3.1; Kent median median 2.4
2014 2.1; Kent median median 2.3; as the previous school

This school
Kent median

Dashed bars: as St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 118856), 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	60	133	2.2	51	0.85
Sep 2025	60	135	2.3	48	0.80
Sep 2024	60	138	2.3	68	1.13
Sep 2023	60	121	2.0	65	1.08
Sep 2022	59	114	1.9	58	0.98
Sep 2021	56	128	2.3	52	0.93
Sep 2020	60	169	2.8	74	1.23
Sep 2019	60	155	2.6	73	1.22
Sep 2018	60	165	2.8	62	1.03
Sep 2017	60	138	2.3	59	0.98
Sep 2016	60	195	3.3	68	1.13
Sep 2015	60	185	3.1	72	1.20
Sep 2014 *	60	124	2.1	47	0.78

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 82% · Writing 82% · Maths 73% → all three 70% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard70%145th of 421 in Kent

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard82%

Kent 78% England 78%

Higher standard37%

Kent 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard82%

Kent 77% England 75%

Greater depth23%

Kent 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard73%

Kent 75% England 77%

Higher standard20%

Kent 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

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Kent median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	70%	13%	106	102
2023/24	71%	5%	107	105
2022/23	69%	13%	106	105

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 Botolph's Church of England Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Remains Good2023

2.2applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Northfleet
0.4 km · Kent

Outstanding2023

4.1applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
Copperfield Academy
0.6 km · Kent

2025

1.5applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Rosherville Church of England Academy
0.6 km · Kent

Good2022

2.8applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
Lawn Primary School
1.1 km · Kent

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.9applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School
1.1 km · Kent

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.9applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
Springhead Park Primary School
1.2 km · Kent

Good2023

3.2applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Painters Ash Primary School
1.7 km · Kent

Remains Good2023

2.1applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Wrotham Road Primary School
1.7 km · Kent

Remains Good2022

2.2applications per place 73%met the SATs standard

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 141579 · 886/5210
Trust: Aletheia Academies Trust
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 210 pupils · 422 on roll
Free school meals: 30.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 December 2014
Replaced: St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 118856)
Address: Dover Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, DA11 9PL
Local authority: Kent · Gravesham

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