Sevenoaks Primary School

Community school·Primary school Sevenoaks, Kent·TN13 3LB
Composite score
58.6
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#4,363
National rank
#642
In South East
#152
In Kent
Top 30%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
65%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
78%
59 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
190
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.17
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8920220.7920230.9720240.8120250.982026

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 Sevenoaks 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
555
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,796
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Sevenoaks Primary School at a glance

Located in Sevenoaks, Kent, Sevenoaks Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 555 pupils aged 4 to 11. 65% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 10.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 30% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 78% of the families who made Sevenoaks Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 21.1 pupils per teacher. Sevenoaks 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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