Graveney Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Faversham, Kent·ME13 9DU
Composite score
68.6
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#1,957
National rank
#274
In South East
#73
In Kent
Top 13%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
75%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
8 first choices, 11 places
First choices per place
0.73
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
22
any preference, for 11 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120220.7320230.9220240.7520250.732026

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

Every child who put Graveney 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
102
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,686
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Graveney Primary School at a glance

Located in Faversham, Kent, Graveney Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 102 pupils aged 4 to 11. 75% 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 14.0 percentage points year on 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 among the top 13% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% 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 Graveney Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 11 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.3%. There are about 19.6 pupils per teacher. Graveney 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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