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Nonington Church of England Primary School

Primary · Dover · CT15 4LB

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Requires improvement

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

Inspected 8 October 2024

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At a glance

45 pupils · 52% of 86 capacity

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
46.7% of pupils
English as additional language
1.7% of pupils
SEN support
46.5% of pupils
EHC plan
13.8% of pupils
Website
www.noningtonprimary.co.uk/
URN
118688

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

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

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority. Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
0%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
93
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
89
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Schools with a similar intake

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

This school0%
Median of its 12 closest peers38%
Kent average63.6%
England62%

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

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedResult
Salford Priors CofE AcademyEvesham · 149 miles awayGood27%
Gedney Church End Primary AcademySpalding · 119 miles awayInadequate58%
Wrangle Primary AcademyBoston · 134 miles awayGood38%
Bythams Primary SchoolGrantham · 129 miles awayRequires improvement38%
Stakeford Primary SchoolChoppington · 296 miles awayGood32%
Thorndon Church of England Primary SchoolEye · 73 miles awayExpected standard82%
Hornsea Burton Primary SchoolHornsea · 194 miles awayGood38%
Queensway Primary SchoolSelect · 220 miles awayGood31%
Foljambe Primary SchoolRotherham · 187 miles awayRequires improvement26%
Sundridge and Brasted Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSevenoaks · 48 miles awayGood57%
Hawsker Cum Stainsacre Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolWhitby · 236 miles awayGood22%
Pensans Community Primary SchoolPenzance · 306 miles awayRequires improvement50%

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
17.1%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
48.8%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
10
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£10,933
Typical primary school£6,959

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher28.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work27.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier67.3%62.3%
Social housing11.5%17.1%
Privately rented21.2%20.5%
Detached houses25.7%22.9%
Flats8.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms20.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.7%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01024190 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,248 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£260,00019 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£172,000–£469,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (6)£595,000
Flat (7)£168,000

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

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. 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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

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

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other rural schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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