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St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles

  • 4–11Ages
  • 109Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 145081URN

Eccles Row, Eccles, Aylesford, ME20 7HS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.7 below Kent median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

23 applications for 13 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
56%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 22 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • 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

  1. 7 July 2026
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
  2. 22 March 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains 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
1.8applications per place, Reception
0.7 below Kent median (2.4) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

23 applications · 13 places offered · 13 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.8; Kent median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.1; Kent median median 2.3
  3. 2024 1.5; Kent median median 2.4
  4. 2023 1.7; Kent median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.8; Kent median median 2.1
  6. 2021 2.3; Kent median median 2.2
  7. 2020 1.4; Kent median median 2.2
  8. 2019 1.8; Kent median median 2.1
  9. 2018 1.7; Kent median median 2.1
  10. 2017 1.9; Kent median median 2.2; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.4; Kent median median 2.5; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.1; Kent median median 2.4; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.4; Kent median median 2.3; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Kent median in 1 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Kent median

Dashed bars: as St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles (URN 118618), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202613231.8131.00
Sep 202517362.1171.00
Sep 202420301.5170.85
Sep 202315261.7151.00
Sep 202217301.8160.94
Sep 202113302.3120.92
Sep 202024331.4190.79
Sep 201918321.8181.00
Sep 201818301.7170.94
Sep 2017 *20381.9261.30
Sep 2016 *20281.4190.95
Sep 2015 *14292.1141.00
Sep 2014 *19271.4191.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 67% · Writing 72% · Maths 78% → all three 56% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard56%296th of 421 in Kent
Reading
Expected standard67%
Higher standard28%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard72%
Greater depth17%
Maths
Expected standard78%
Higher standard6%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2556%6%103104
2023/2467%0%104100
2022/2350%5%105100

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

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
145081 · 886/3059
Trust
The Pilgrim Multi Academy Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
140 pupils · 109 on roll
Free school meals
30.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 November 2017
Replaced
St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles (URN 118618)
Address
Eccles Row, Eccles, Aylesford, ME20 7HS
Local authority
Kent · Tonbridge and Malling

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources