Report card · inspected Feb 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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected 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
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 10 February 2026Report card · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
- 20 October 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 entry38 applications · 15 places offered · 11 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.5; Kent median median 2.4
- 2025 1.6; Kent median median 2.3
- 2024 1.7; Kent median median 2.4
- 2023 2.1; Kent median median 2.3
- 2022 2.1; Kent median median 2.1
- 2021 1.7; Kent median median 2.2
- 2020 1.9; Kent median median 2.2
- 2019 2.0; Kent median median 2.1
- 2018 1.6; Kent median median 2.1
- 2017 1.2; Kent median median 2.2
- 2016 1.5; Kent median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Kent median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Kent median median 2.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Kent median
Dashed bars: as Charing Church of England Aided Primary School (URN 118739), 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 | 38 | 2.5 | 11 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2025 | 25 | 39 | 1.6 | 21 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2024 | 20 | 33 | 1.7 | 17 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2023 | 23 | 49 | 2.1 | 22 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 15 | 32 | 2.1 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 14 | 24 | 1.7 | 10 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2020 | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 9 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 8 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2017 | 18 | 21 | 1.2 | 15 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2016 * | 14 | 21 | 1.5 | 10 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2015 * | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 16 | 23 | 1.4 | 15 | 0.94 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 93% · Writing 93% · Maths 93% → all three 93% 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 | 93% | 7% | 108 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 83% | 4% | 105 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 100% | 17% | 108 | 109 |
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
- Charing Church of England Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.5applications per place 93%met the SATs standard
- 4.9 km · KentStandards maintained20241.8applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
- 5.1 km · KentGood20232.0applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 5.8 km · KentOutstanding20232.3applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 6.3 km · KentGood20232.7applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 7.0 km · Kent20261.9applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 7.2 km · KentStandards maintained20252.7applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 7.3 km · KentGood20232.2applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 7.4 km · KentRemains Good20242.3applications per place 63%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
- 144835 · 886/3343
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 140 pupils · 199 on roll
- Free school meals
- 41.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2017
- Replaced
- Charing Church of England Aided Primary School (URN 118739)
- Address
- School Road, Charing, Ashford, TN27 0JN
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources