Luddenham School

Academy converter·Primary school Faversham, Kent·ME13 0TE
Composite score
32.2
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#13,065
National rank
#1952
In South East
#385
In Kent
Top 88%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
37%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
23 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
56
any preference, for 27 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8620221.0020230.8720240.7820250.852026

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

Every child who put Luddenham 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
202
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
27.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,446
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Luddenham School is a primary school serving Faversham, Kent, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 202 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 37% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 20.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 102 in reading and 98 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Luddenham School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 23 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 23.0 pupils per teacher. Luddenham 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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