Wateringbury Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Maidstone, Kent·ME18 5EA
Composite score
54.6
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#5,628
National rank
#847
In South East
#188
In Kent
Top 38%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
7 first choices, 10 places
First choices per place
0.70
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
33
any preference, for 10 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.22
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8220220.9120231.0020240.9220250.702026

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

Every child who put Wateringbury Church of England 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
151
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,857
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Wateringbury Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Maidstone, Kent, Wateringbury Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 151 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 5.0 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 in the top 38% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Wateringbury Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 7 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 20.1 pupils per teacher. Wateringbury Church of England 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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