Ightham Primary School
Primary · Sevenoaks · TN15 9DD
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 3 March 2020
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
206 pupils · 98% of 210 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 2.4% of pupils
- Website
- www.ightham.kent.sch.uk
- URN
- 151233
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.57 first-choice applications per place30 places offered · 47 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed
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.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
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
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.