Adisham Church of England Primary School
Primary · Canterbury · CT3 3JW
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 25 November 2025 · report published 27 January 2026
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101 pupils · 96% of 105 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 23.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 4.9% of pupils
- SEN support
- 19.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 5.9% of pupils
- Website
- www.adisham.kent.sch.uk/
- URN
- 141308
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.07 first-choice applications per place15 places offered · 16 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
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)
16 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
72% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 28% moved to another state school
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
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
- 25 November 2025: Strong standard
- 29 November 2023: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
- 4 July 2017: Outstanding
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Aylesham Primary School
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Aylesham
- Goodnestone Church of England Primary School
- Nonington Church of England Primary School
- Wingham Primary School
- Littlebourne Church of England Primary School
- Barham Church of England Primary School
- Bridge and Patrixbourne Church of England Primary School