South East
Primary schools in Kent
459 primary schools in Kent.
Ofsted among primary schools in Kent
Good249
Outstanding27
Requires improvement7
No overall grade176
283 of these schools carry a historic one-word grade. The remaining 176 either have no published outcome or were inspected under a newer framework with no overall grade; current report cards instead grade separate aspects of the school. What changed.
- Last overall grade still shown
- 283
- Current framework (no overall grade)
- 173
- Average days since inspection
- 961
- Framework mix
- 283 historic, 173 current, 3 none
Primary schools in Kent
Sorted by the share of pupils meeting the expected standard at key stage 2. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
Schools 1–150 of 459
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charing Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Ashford | Report card 2026 | 100% | |
| Fordcombe Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Tunbridge Wells | Good 2022 | 100% | |
| Temple Ewell Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Dover | Good 2023 | 94% | |
| Fawkham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | LONGFIELD | Good 2023 | 93% | |
| Allington Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Maidstone | Outstanding 2022 | 92% | |
| Minster in Sheppey Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Sheerness | Report card 2026 | 92% | |
| Ramsgate, Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Broadstairs | Report card 2026 | 90% | |
| Leigh Academy OaksAcademy sponsor led | Maidstone | Report card 2026 | 89% | |
| Adisham Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Canterbury | Report card 2025 | 89% | |
| Bredhurst Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Gillingham | Good 2024 | 88% | |
| Stowting Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Ashford | No overall grade | 88% | |
| Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, SevenoaksVoluntary aided school | Sevenoaks | Report card 2026 | 88% | |
| Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne ChaseAcademy sponsor led | West Malling | No overall grade | 88% | |
| Herne Church of England Junior SchoolVoluntary aided school | Herne Bay | Outstanding 2023 | 87% | |
| Saltwood CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Hythe | Good 2022 | 87% | |
| Westgate Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Dartford | Good 2024 | 87% | |
| Morehall Primary School and NurseryAcademy sponsor led | Folkestone | No overall grade | 87% | |
| Kingsdown and Ringwould Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Deal | Outstanding 2023 | 87% | |
| St Margaret's-at-Cliffe Primary SchoolCommunity school | Dover | No overall grade | 86% | |
| Trottiscliffe Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | West Malling | Good 2022 | 86% | |
| Chilham, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Canterbury | Good 2022 | 86% | |
| Shepherdswell Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | DOVER | Report card 2026 | 86% | |
| Horizon Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Swanley | Good 2024 | 86% | |
| Jubilee Primary SchoolFree schools | Maidstone | Report card 2026 | 86% | |
| Rodmersham SchoolCommunity school | Sittingbourne | Outstanding 2024 | 85% | |
| Sandgate Primary SchoolCommunity school | Folkestone | Report card 2026 | 85% | |
| Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Ashford | No overall grade | 85% | |
| St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Tonbridge | Good 2022 | 85% | |
| Leigh Academy DartfordAcademy converter | Dartford | No overall grade | 85% | |
| South Borough Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Maidstone | Good 2023 | 85% | |
| Sholden Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Deal | Good 2023 | 85% | |
| Crockham Hill Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Edenbridge | Good 2023 | 84% | |
| Bridge and Patrixbourne Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Canterbury | Good 2023 | 84% | |
| Blean Primary SchoolCommunity school | Canterbury | Outstanding 2022 | 83% | |
| Langton Green Primary SchoolCommunity school | Tunbridge Wells | Good 2024 | 83% | |
| Speldhurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Tunbridge Wells | No overall grade | 83% | |
| Sissinghurst Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Cranbrook | No overall grade | 83% | |
| Chiddingstone Church of England SchoolAcademy converter | Edenbridge | No overall grade | 83% | |
| Stelling Minnis Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Canterbury | Good 2022 | 82% | |
| Sturry Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Canterbury | No overall grade | 82% | |
| Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings HillAcademy sponsor led | West Malling | No overall grade | 82% | |
| Lansdowne Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Sittingbourne | Good 2022 | 82% | |
| West Minster Primary SchoolCommunity school | Sheerness | Report card 2025 | 81% | |
| Stocks Green Primary SchoolCommunity school | Tonbridge | Good 2024 | 81% | |
| Lyminge Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Folkestone | Good 2023 | 81% | |
| Amherst SchoolAcademy converter | Sevenoaks | Good 2022 | 81% | |
| Sussex Road Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Tonbridge | Report card 2026 | 80% | |
| Canterbury Road Primary SchoolCommunity school | Sittingbourne | Good 2024 | 80% | |
| Hoath Primary SchoolCommunity school | Canterbury | Report card 2026 | 80% | |
| Challock Primary SchoolFoundation school | Ashford | Outstanding 2023 | 80% | |
| Langdon Primary SchoolCommunity school | Dover | No overall grade | 80% | |
| Southborough CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Tunbridge Wells | Good 2024 | 80% | |
| Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, DartfordVoluntary aided school | Dartford | No overall grade | 80% | |
| The Gateway Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Dartford | Good 2022 | 80% | |
| Finberry Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Ashford | Good 2024 | 80% | |
| Queenborough School and NurseryAcademy converter | Queenborough | Outstanding 2023 | 80% | |
| Kemsing Primary SchoolCommunity school | Sevenoaks | Good 2022 | 79% | |
| Plaxtol Primary SchoolCommunity school | Sevenoaks | Good 2023 | 79% | |
| Brabourne Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Ashford | Good 2024 | 79% | |
| Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Sevenoaks | No overall grade | 79% | |
| More Park Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | West Malling | Good 2023 | 79% | |
| Cobham Primary SchoolCommunity school | Gravesend | Outstanding 2024 | 78% | |
| Lower Halstow Primary SchoolCommunity school | Sittingbourne | No overall grade | 78% | |
| Claremont Primary SchoolCommunity school | Tunbridge Wells | Good 2023 | 78% | |
| Leigh Academy Cherry OrchardAcademy sponsor led | Ebbsfleet | Outstanding 2021 | 78% | |
| Painters Ash Primary SchoolFoundation school | Gravesend | Good 2023 | 77% | |
| Benenden Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Cranbrook | Good 2022 | 77% | |
| Hernhill Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Faversham | Outstanding 2024 | 77% | |
| Barham Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | CANTERBURY | Good 2023 | 77% | |
| Our Lady of Hartley Catholic Primary School, Hartley, LongfieldAcademy converter | Longfield | Outstanding 2024 | 77% | |
| Deal Parochial Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Deal | Good 2023 | 77% | |
| Preston Primary SchoolCommunity school | Canterbury | No overall grade | 76% | |
| High Halden Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Ashford | Good 2022 | 76% | |
| Chilton Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Ramsgate | No overall grade | 76% | |
| Northbourne Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Deal | Good 2023 | 76% | |
| Sandown SchoolAcademy converter | Deal | Good 2023 | 76% | |
| Four Elms Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Edenbridge | Good 2019 | 76% | |
| Great Chart Primary SchoolCommunity school | ASHFORD | Outstanding 2023 | 75% | |
| Bodsham Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Ashford | Report card 2026 | 75% | |
| Colliers Green Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Cranbrook | Good 2024 | 75% | |
| St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Tunbridge Wells | Good 2024 | 75% | |
| Harcourt Primary SchoolFoundation school | Folkestone | Report card 2026 | 75% | |
| Smarden Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Ashford | Good 2023 | 75% | |
| Petham Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Canterbury | No overall grade | 75% | |
| Dartford Bridge Community Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Dartford | Good 2024 | 75% | |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Tunbridge Wells | No overall grade | 74% | |
| Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Maidstone | No overall grade | 74% | |
| Newlands Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Ramsgate | Good 2022 | 74% | |
| East Farleigh Primary SchoolCommunity school | Maidstone | Report card 2026 | 73% | |
| Hollingbourne Primary SchoolCommunity school | Maidstone | Good 2022 | 73% | |
| Ryarsh Primary SchoolCommunity school | West Malling | Good 2024 | 73% | |
| St Pauls' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Swanley Village | No overall grade | 73% | |
| Lamberhurst St Mary's CofE (Voluntary Controlled) Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Tunbridge Wells | Good 2023 | 73% | |
| Seabrook Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Hythe | Good 2023 | 73% | |
| St Francis' Catholic Primary School, MaidstoneVoluntary aided school | Maidstone | Good 2024 | 73% | |
| Joydens Wood Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Dartford | No overall grade | 73% | |
| Istead Rise Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Gravesend | Good 2024 | 73% | |
| Sutton-At-Hone Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Dartford | No overall grade | 73% | |
| Seal Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Sevenoaks | Good 2022 | 73% | |
| Tunbury Primary SchoolCommunity school | Chatham | Good 2023 | 72% | |
| St John's Church of England Primary School, SevenoaksVoluntary controlled school | Sevenoaks | Good 2023 | 72% | |
| Roseacre Junior SchoolFoundation school | Maidstone | Good 2024 | 72% | |
| Christ Church Cep Academy, FolkestoneAcademy converter | Folkestone | Good 2022 | 72% | |
| Horton Kirby Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Dartford | Good 2023 | 72% | |
| Bean Primary SchoolCommunity school | Dartford | No overall grade | 71% | |
| Ethelbert Road Primary SchoolCommunity school | Faversham | No overall grade | 71% | |
| Sandwich Junior SchoolCommunity school | Sandwich | Outstanding 2022 | 71% | |
| St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Tonbridge | Good 2022 | 71% | |
| Ide Hill Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Sevenoaks | No overall grade | 71% | |
| Hunton Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Maidstone | Good 2021 | 71% | |
| Luddenham SchoolAcademy converter | Faversham | Good 2024 | 71% | |
| The Wells Free SchoolFree schools | Tunbridge Wells | No overall grade | 71% | |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, AyleshamAcademy converter | Canterbury | Good 2021 | 71% | |
| Kennington Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Ashford | Good 2023 | 71% | |
| St John's Catholic Primary School, GravesendAcademy converter | Gravesend | Good 2023 | 71% | |
| Leigh Academy Langley ParkAcademy sponsor led | Maidstone | No overall grade | 71% | |
| Greenlands Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Dartford | Requires improvement 2023 | 71% | |
| East Stour Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Ashford | No overall grade | 71% | |
| Mereworth Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Maidstone | Good 2022 | 70% | |
| Lunsford Primary SchoolCommunity school | Aylesford | Good 2023 | 70% | |
| Bidborough Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Tunbridge Wells | Good 2022 | 70% | |
| Hildenborough Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Tonbridge | Good 2023 | 70% | |
| Elham Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Canterbury | Good 2022 | 70% | |
| Palace Wood Primary SchoolCommunity school | Maidstone | Good 2022 | 70% | |
| The Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Maidstone | Good 2023 | 70% | |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, NorthfleetAcademy converter | Gravesend | Outstanding 2023 | 70% | |
| Manor Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Swanscombe | Good 2024 | 70% | |
| Goudhurst and Kilndown Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Cranbrook | No overall grade | 69% | |
| Kings Hill School Primary and NurseryCommunity school | West Malling | Outstanding 2024 | 69% | |
| Dame Janet Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Ramsgate | Good 2024 | 69% | |
| St Botolph's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Gravesend | Good 2023 | 69% | |
| Upton Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Broadstairs | No overall grade | 69% | |
| Valley Invicta Primary School At East BoroughAcademy converter | Maidstone | Report card 2026 | 69% | |
| Minterne Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Sittingbourne | Report card 2026 | 69% | |
| Rolvenden Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Cranbrook | Good 2024 | 69% | |
| Holywell Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Sittingbourne | Good 2024 | 69% | |
| Cheriton Primary SchoolFoundation school | Folkestone | No overall grade | 68% | |
| Egerton Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Ashford | Good 2023 | 68% | |
| Wittersham Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Tenterden | No overall grade | 68% | |
| St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, AshfordAcademy converter | Ashford | No overall grade | 68% | |
| Oakfield Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Dartford | Good 2021 | 68% | |
| West Hill Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Dartford | Report card 2026 | 68% | |
| Leigh Academy MardenAcademy converter | Tonbridge | Good 2023 | 68% | |
| Fleetdown Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Dartford | No overall grade | 68% | |
| Cecil Road Primary and Nursery SchoolFoundation school | Gravesend | No overall grade | 67% | |
| Vigo Village SchoolCommunity school | Gravesend | No overall grade | 67% | |
| St Lawrence Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Sevenoaks | Good 2022 | 67% | |
| St Katharine's Knockholt Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Sevenoaks | Good 2022 | 67% | |
| St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, CanterburyVoluntary aided school | Canterbury | Good 2023 | 67% | |
| The Discovery SchoolCommunity school | West Malling | Outstanding 2023 | 67% |