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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 18 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 5 June 2013Graded inspection: Good · as Shears Green Infant School, URN 118265
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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 entry179 applications · 73 places offered · 65 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Kent median median 2.4
- 2025 2.1; Kent median median 2.3
- 2024 2.2; Kent median median 2.4
- 2023 2.2; Kent median median 2.3
- 2022 1.9; Kent median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2021 1.7; Kent median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2020 1.8; Kent median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2019 2.1; Kent median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2018 2.0; Kent median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2017 2.3; Kent median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2016 2.8; Kent median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2015 2.6; Kent median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2014 2.6; Kent median median 2.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Kent median
Dashed bars: as Shears Green Infant School (URN 118265), 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 | 73 | 179 | 2.5 | 65 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 79 | 162 | 2.1 | 73 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 84 | 188 | 2.2 | 66 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2023 | 89 | 198 | 2.2 | 84 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 * | 94 | 181 | 1.9 | 78 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2021 * | 99 | 170 | 1.7 | 83 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2020 * | 112 | 201 | 1.8 | 83 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2019 * | 119 | 247 | 2.1 | 109 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2018 * | 120 | 240 | 2.0 | 97 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2017 * | 120 | 280 | 2.3 | 110 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 * | 120 | 334 | 2.8 | 141 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2015 * | 120 | 314 | 2.6 | 121 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2014 * | 120 | 314 | 2.6 | 135 | 1.13 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Shears Green Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20242.5applications per place
- 0.0 km · KentRemains Good202352%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · KentRemains Good20232.1applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Kent20251.5applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · KentRequires improvement20242.5applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · KentRemains Good20222.2applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · KentRemains Good20241.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · KentRemains Good20232.2applications per place 70%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
- 148918 · 886/2119
- Capacity
- 360 pupils · 258 on roll
- Free school meals
- 35.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2022
- Replaced
- Shears Green Infant School (URN 118265)
- Address
- Packham Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, DA11 7JF
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