Chilham, St Mary's Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Canterbury, Kent·CT4 8DE
Composite score
29.9
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#13,379
National rank
#1999
In South East
#394
In Kent
Top 90%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
46%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
11 first choices, 14 places
First choices per place
0.79
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
45
any preference, for 14 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.16
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120220.9220230.5720240.6220250.792026

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

Every child who put Chilham, St Mary's 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
86
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
27.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
28.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,025
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Chilham, St Mary's Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Canterbury, Kent, Chilham, St Mary's Church of England 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 86 pupils aged 4 to 11. 46% 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 11.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Chilham, St Mary's Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 14 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 9.1%. There are about 14.1 pupils per teacher. Chilham, St Mary's 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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