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Halstead Community Primary School

Primary · Sevenoaks · TN14 7EA

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 4 March 2025

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At a glance

55 pupils · 28% of 195 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
34.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
8.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
21.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
8.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.halstead.kent.sch.uk
URN
148876

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 6 families named it first for 6 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2023 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 4 March 2025 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 8.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

6 places offered · 6 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

22/23
23/24
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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
86%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
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 school86%
Median of its 12 closest peers40.5%
Kent average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Milstead and Frinsted Church of England Primary SchoolSittingbourne · 26 miles awayGood38%
Faldingworth Community Primary SchoolMarket Rasen · 141 miles awayGood43%
Stretton Handley Church of England Primary SchoolAlfreton · 142 miles awayGood29%
Benhall St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolSaxmundham · 83 miles awayExpected standard56%
Selling Church of England Primary SchoolFaversham · 34 miles awayNeeds attention38%
Southbroom St James AcademyDevizes · 91 miles awayGood (2018)64%
Highwood Primary SchoolChelmsford · 28 miles awayGood25%
Foxton Primary SchoolCambridge · 54 miles awayGood67%
St William's Catholic Primary School, PillingPreston · 220 miles awayGood14%
Tredington Community Primary SchoolTewkesbury · 107 miles awayGood25%
Byers Green Primary SchoolSpennymoor · 245 miles awayGood63%
Nettleton Community Primary SchoolMarket Rasen · 150 miles awayGood55%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
19 of 20 places taken nearly full

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 64% (Kent 70%, England 60%) · White Gypsy/Roma 7% (Kent 1%, England 0%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Kent 1%, England 3%) · Not recorded 6% (Kent 1%, England 1%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 6% (Kent 0%, England 0%) · Any other White background 4% (Kent 7%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Kent 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Kent 1%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Kent 5%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Kent 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Kent 2%, England 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)
8.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
25.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
11
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,935; 33.3% 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 (2024-25)

This school£17,811
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 1% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £1,000; in-year balance +£18,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work43.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health57%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier86%62.3%
Social housing3%17.1%
Privately rented11%20.5%
Detached houses52.1%22.9%
Flats3.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms45.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01024440 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£600,00043 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£480,000–£822,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (22)£805,000
Semi-detached (14)£560,000
Terraced (6)£425,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a 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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