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St Peter's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Aylesford · ME20 7BE

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 24 September 2024

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At a glance

209 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
17.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stpetersaylesford.kent.sch.uk
URN
118617

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 34 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.13 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.43 miles; distance decided places in 3 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2023 to 2026. At its inspection on 24 September 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.13 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 34 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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. Places by distance, last offered at 1.43 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.43 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
72%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school72%
Median of its 12 closest peers71%
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
Cropwell Bishop Primary SchoolNottingham · 127 miles awayGood69%
Countess Gytha Primary SchoolYeovil · 134 miles awayGood86%
Kings Cliffe Endowed Primary SchoolPeterborough · 97 miles awayGood92%
Silverstone Church of England Primary SchoolTowcester · 84 miles awayExpected standard83%
Rowlands Castle St John's Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolRowland's Castle · 69 miles awayExpected standard80%
Newton Bluecoat Church of England Primary SchoolPreston · 220 miles awayGood70%
St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolNr Diss · 75 miles awayGood69%
Tollesbury SchoolMaldon · 35 miles awayGood72%
Gilthill Primary SchoolNottingham · 139 miles awayGood67%
John Blow Primary SchoolNewark · 138 miles awayGood70%
Hathern Church of England Primary SchoolLoughborough · 127 miles awayGood74%
Aldington Primary SchoolAshford · 25 miles awayGood58%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Kent 70%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Kent 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Kent 1%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (Kent 7%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 1% (Kent 3%, England 4%) · other groups together 2%

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)
6.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.50 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
23.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

96% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% 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)

23.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.7 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 £44,914; 25% 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£6,024
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £85,325; in-year balance +£18,727

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher29.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health51%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier74%62.3%
Social housing13.2%17.1%
Privately rented12.8%20.5%
Detached houses13.6%22.9%
Flats14.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01024719 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£370,00097 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£288,000–£430,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£595,000
Semi-detached (29)£410,000
Terraced (42)£342,500
Flat (15)£270,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (2.30 km, 2026 entry): 577 sales, median £382,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
10an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

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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