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Crockham Hill Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Primary · Edenbridge · TN8 6RP

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 26 April 2023

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At a glance

142 pupils · 101% of 140 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
5.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.crockhamhill.kent.sch.uk
URN
118615

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 15 families named it first for 18 Reception places, 0.83 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1.761 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2023 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 26 April 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.83 first-choice applications per place

18 places offered · 15 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.761 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

21 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
24%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers74%
Kent average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, UlverstonUlverston · 243 miles awayExpected standard65%
Silkstone Common Junior and Infant SchoolBarnsley · 173 miles awayGood84%
Bridekirk Dovenby CofE Primary SchoolCockermouth · 278 miles awayGood87%
Bringhurst Primary SchoolMarket Harborough · 96 miles awayGood88%
Moss Hey Primary SchoolStockport · 174 miles awayExpected standard81%
All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolClevedon · 126 miles awayGood53%
Dean Gibson Catholic Primary School, KendalKendal · 243 miles awayGood75%
Twyford St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolWinchester · 62 miles awayGood (2016)83%
Winsley CoE VC Primary SchoolBradford-on-Avon · 102 miles awayGood65%
Abbotts Ann Church of England Primary SchoolAndover · 69 miles awayGood71%
Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell Church of England Primary SchoolWallingford · 59 miles awayNeeds attention48%
Endon Hall Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 157 miles awayExpected standard73%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 82% (Kent 70%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Kent 7%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Kent 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Kent 3%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Kent 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Kent 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Kent 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Kent 3%, England 4%) · Black African 1% (Kent 5%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Kent 1%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.71 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Kent: 3.00 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

73% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 27% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

46.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.1 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,183; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,176
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £125,768; in-year balance +£24,995

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher48.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work51.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways5.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.1%62.3%
Social housing5.4%17.1%
Privately rented12.5%20.5%
Detached houses64.2%22.9%
Flats4.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms56.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01024484 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£583,50012 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£527,500–£732,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (7)£582,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.83 km, 2025 entry): 45 sales, median £582,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
2a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
7a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
2a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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