Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Faversham, Kent·ME13 9AW
Composite score
78.4
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#852
National rank
#117
In South East
#30
In Kent
Top 6%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
74%
% achieving higher RWM
26%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
27 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
72
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320220.9220230.9720240.9720250.902026

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 Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk 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
5–11
Pupils on roll
203
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Methodist

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,459
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School is a primary school serving Faversham, Kent, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Methodist religious character. It has 203 pupils aged 5 to 11 on roll. 74% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 6% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 26% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 96% of the families who made Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk 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 4.9%. There are about 19.5 pupils per teacher. Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk 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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