Report card · inspected Jul 2026
- 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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected 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
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 14 July 2026Report card · 5 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
- 24 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 entry223 applications · 89 places offered · 106 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Kent median median 2.4
- 2025 2.3; Kent median median 2.3
- 2024 2.2; Kent median median 2.4
- 2023 2.3; Kent median median 2.3
- 2022 2.0; Kent median median 2.1
- 2021 2.1; Kent median median 2.2
- 2020 2.1; Kent median median 2.2
- 2019 1.9; Kent median median 2.1
- 2018 1.8; Kent median median 2.1
- 2017 2.2; Kent median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2016 2.3; Kent median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2015 2.4; Kent median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2014 2.7; Kent median median 2.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Kent median
Dashed bars: as The Oaks Community Infant School (URN 118483), 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 | 89 | 223 | 2.5 | 106 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2025 | 90 | 203 | 2.3 | 92 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 88 | 197 | 2.2 | 85 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 90 | 203 | 2.3 | 104 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2022 | 88 | 172 | 2.0 | 84 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 84 | 173 | 2.1 | 79 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 89 | 184 | 2.1 | 95 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2019 | 90 | 171 | 1.9 | 89 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 90 | 164 | 1.8 | 78 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2017 * | 79 | 174 | 2.2 | 73 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 * | 89 | 207 | 2.3 | 80 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 * | 90 | 213 | 2.4 | 106 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2014 * | 90 | 244 | 2.7 | 113 | 1.26 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Oaks Infant SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.5applications per place
- 0.1 km · Kent202655%met the SATs standard
- 0.2 km · KentGood20242.6applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · KentOutstanding20233.1applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · KentGood20221.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · KentRemains Good20244.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Kent20262.3applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · KentStandards maintained20253.7applications per place 53%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
- 144870 · 886/2513
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 312 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 August 2017
- Replaced
- The Oaks Community Infant School (URN 118483)
- Address
- Gore Court Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 1GL
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources