Selling Church of England Primary School

Primary · Faversham · ME13 9RQ

Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 6 January 2026 · report published 4 March 2026

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At a glance

86 pupils · 41% of 210 capacity

School type: Academy converter
Age range: 4–11
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Free school meals: 48.8% of pupils
English as additional language: 12% of pupils
SEN support: 23.9% of pupils
EHC plan: 6.5% of pupils
Website: http://www.selling-faversham.kent.sch.uk/
URN: 137481

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

5 places offered · 5 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

25/26

26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

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

38%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

10%

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

107

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

103

England 105

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

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

5.6%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

21.4%

England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

17.8

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

52% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 32% moved to another state school · 16% left the state-funded sector

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£8,696

Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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

6 January 2026: Needs attention (report card inspection)
11 November 2021: School remains Good (ungraded inspection)
6 December 2016: Yes - improving (good) (ungraded inspection)

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

Nearby schools

Sheldwich Primary SchoolOutstanding · Primary · 1.6 mi
Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary SchoolNo current grade · Primary · 2.2 mi
Chilham, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 2.6 mi
The Abbey SchoolNeeds attention · Secondary · 2.9 mi
Ethelbert Road Primary SchoolNot yet graded · Primary · 3.2 mi
St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolOutstanding · Primary · 3.3 mi
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SchoolGood · Secondary · 3.4 mi
Ospringe Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 3.4 mi

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