Report card · inspected Jun 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 | 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
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Inspection history
- 23 June 2026Report card · 7 Strong standard
- 3 March 2020Graded inspection: Outstanding · as Ightham Primary School, URN 118293
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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 entry92 applications · 30 places offered · 47 named it first
- 2026 3.1; Kent median median 2.4
- 2025 3.6; Kent median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2024 2.9; Kent median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2023 3.9; Kent median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2022 3.2; Kent median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2021 3.2; Kent median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2020 2.7; Kent median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2019 2.8; Kent median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2018 2.9; Kent median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2017 3.2; Kent median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2016 3.0; Kent median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2015 2.5; Kent median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2014 3.1; Kent median median 2.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Kent median
Dashed bars: as Ightham Primary School (URN 118293), 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 | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 47 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2025 * | 30 | 107 | 3.6 | 53 | 1.77 |
| Sep 2024 * | 30 | 87 | 2.9 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2023 * | 30 | 117 | 3.9 | 55 | 1.83 |
| Sep 2022 * | 30 | 97 | 3.2 | 47 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2021 * | 30 | 96 | 3.2 | 49 | 1.63 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 81 | 2.7 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 85 | 2.8 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 86 | 2.9 | 39 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2017 * | 30 | 95 | 3.2 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2016 * | 30 | 90 | 3.0 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2015 * | 29 | 71 | 2.5 | 21 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2014 * | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 35 | 1.17 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Ightham Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.1applications per place
- 2.3 km · KentGood20222.6applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · KentGood20241.7applications per place 30%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · KentRemains Good20232.7applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- Standards maintained20242.4applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- Good20222.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · KentRemains Good20221.9applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · KentRemains Good20221.9applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · KentRemains Good20245.0applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 151233 · 886/2167
- Trust
- The Pioneer Academy
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 206 on roll
- Free school meals
- 2.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2025
- Replaced
- Ightham Primary School (URN 118293)
- Address
- Oldbury Lane, Ightham, Sevenoaks, TN15 9DD
- Local authority
- Kent · Tonbridge and Malling
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources