The Discovery School

Community school · Primary school · West Malling, Kent

ME19 4GJ

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

73.0

Simplified comparison — how this is calculated. A higher score doesn’t mean a better school for every child.

#1,336

National rank

#186

In South East

#48

In Kent

Top 9%

Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM ?

80%

% achieving higher RWM ?

18%

Reading average scaled score ?

110.0

National avg ≈ 105

Maths average scaled score ?

108.0

National avg ≈ 104

Reading progress ?

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Why no data?

Maths progress

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Why no data?

% RWM expected (year-on-year) 76% → 80% ▲ 4.0 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 635 % FSM ever-6 8.3% % EAL 6.1% Age range 4–11 Gender Mixed Religious character

Official sources

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Location

Nearby primary schools

Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery West Malling · 0.9 mi 67.8 Wateringbury Church of England Primary School Maidstone · 1.5 mi 54.6 More Park Catholic Primary School West Malling · 1.6 mi 62.0 Lift St James the Great East Malling · 1.6 mi 64.2 West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language Srp West Malling · 1.7 mi 39.0 Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy West Malling · 2.1 mi 63.2 Ditton Church of England Junior School Aylesford · 2.2 mi 30.9 Mereworth Community Primary School Maidstone · 2.3 mi 79.5