Davington Primary School

Community school·Primary school Faversham, Kent·ME13 7EQ
Composite score
51.3
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#6,826
National rank
#1030
In South East
#221
In Kent
Top 46%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
44 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.73
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
116
any preference, for 60 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.23
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720221.1320230.8520240.9720250.732026

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

Every child who put Davington Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
416
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,404
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Davington Primary School at a glance

Located in Faversham, Kent, Davington Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 416 pupils aged 5 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 10.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Davington Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 44 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 22.4 pupils per teacher. 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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