Cobham Primary School

Community school·Primary school Gravesend, Kent·DA12 3BN
Composite score
89.0
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National rank
#31
In South East
#4
In Kent
Top 2%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
83%
% achieving higher RWM
30%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
54%
56 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.87
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
161
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
12%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.17
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1 per place
1.5520221.8020231.4720241.7020251.872026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Kent does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Cobham Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
216
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
5.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,862
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Cobham Primary School at a glance

Located in Gravesend, Kent, Cobham Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 216 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Outstanding' at its most recent inspection. 83% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 3.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 2% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 30% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Cobham Primary School is oversubscribed: about 5 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 56 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 3.5%. There are about 20.4 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 7% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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