Academy converter · Kent

Vale View Community School

2–11Ages
222Pupils
PrimaryPhase
145355URN

Vale View Road, Elms Vale, Dover, CT17 9NP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.7per place

0.2 above Kent median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Kent

40 applications for 15 places · 134th of 385 in Kent

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

60%met the expected standard

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 26 April 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		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

2.7applications per place, Reception

0.2 above Kent median (2.4) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

40 applications · 15 places offered · 13 named it first

2026 2.7; Kent median median 2.4
2025 2.4; Kent median median 2.3
2024 2.7; Kent median median 2.4
2023 1.9; Kent median median 2.3
2022 2.3; Kent median median 2.1
2021 2.1; Kent median median 2.2
2020 2.1; Kent median median 2.2
2019 2.0; 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 2.6; Kent median median 2.5; as the previous school
2015 2.1; Kent median median 2.4; as the previous school
2014 2.5; Kent median median 2.3; as the previous school

This school
Kent median

Dashed bars: as Vale View Community School (URN 118494), 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	40	2.7	13	0.87
Sep 2025	25	60	2.4	25	1.00
Sep 2024	18	49	2.7	18	1.00
Sep 2023	24	46	1.9	21	0.88
Sep 2022	24	56	2.3	24	1.00
Sep 2021	30	63	2.1	34	1.13
Sep 2020	30	62	2.1	34	1.13
Sep 2019	30	59	2.0	26	0.87
Sep 2018	30	53	1.8	26	0.87
Sep 2017 *	30	66	2.2	30	1.00
Sep 2016 *	30	77	2.6	18	0.60
Sep 2015 *	30	64	2.1	28	0.93
Sep 2014 *	30	76	2.5	30	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 64% · Writing 64% · Maths 64% → all three 60% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard60%261st of 421 in Kent

Kent 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard64%

Kent 78% England 78%

Higher standard24%

Kent 35% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard64%

Kent 77% England 75%

Greater depth4%

Kent 15% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard64%

Kent 75% England 77%

Higher standard20%

Kent 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Kent median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	60%	4%	103	101
2023/24	48%	3%	101	100
2022/23	31%	0%	101	97

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

Vale View Community SchoolThis school
This school

Good2022

2.7applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Priory Fields School
0.4 km · Kent

Remains Good2024

1.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
St Martin's School
0.5 km · Kent

Remains Good2024

1.8applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School
1.0 km · Kent

Good2024

2.0applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Barton Junior School
1.4 km · Kent

Remains Good2024

66%met the SATs standard
Charlton Church of England Primary School
1.4 km · Kent

Remains Good2023

2.6applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Aycliffe Community Primary School
1.5 km · Kent

Remains Good2022

1.2applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
St Richard's Catholic Primary School
1.5 km · Kent

Remains Good2022

2.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School
1.6 km · Kent

Standards maintained2025

1.9applications per place

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 145355 · 886/2531
Trust: Whinless Down Academy Trust
Capacity: 210 pupils · 222 on roll
Free school meals: 64.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 January 2018
Replaced: Vale View Community School (URN 118494)
Address: Vale View Road, Elms Vale, Dover, CT17 9NP
Local authority: Kent · Dover

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