Painters Ash Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Gravesend, Kent·DA11 8EL
Composite score
69.9
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#1,787
National rank
#250
In South East
#68
In Kent
Top 12%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
45 first choices, 58 places
First choices per place
0.78
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
119
any preference, for 58 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.13
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8920220.9220230.7720240.9120250.782026

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

Every child who put Painters Ash 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
397
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
27.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,144
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Painters Ash Primary School at a glance

Located in Gravesend, Kent, Painters Ash Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 397 pupils aged 4 to 11. 77% 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 10.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 12% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Painters Ash Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 58 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 20.4 pupils per teacher. Painters Ash Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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