St George's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Sevenoaks, Kent·TN15 7DL
Composite score
48.8
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#7,731
National rank
#1153
In South East
#245
In Kent
Top 52%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
50%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
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%
20 first choices, 23 places
First choices per place
0.87
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
53
any preference, for 23 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8620220.8220230.9220240.7320250.872026

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

Every child who put St George's Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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
193
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,409
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St George's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School at a glance

Located in Sevenoaks, Kent, St George's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 193 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 50% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 3.0 percentage points compared with 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 105 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% 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 St George's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 23 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 23.5 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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