Tenterden Infant School

Academy converter·Infant school Tenterden, Kent·TN30 6RA

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Tenterden Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

24 first choices, 28 places

First choices per place

0.86

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 28 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9720220.9520230.9720241.0020250.862026

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

Every child who put Tenterden Infant 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: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 130
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

28.5%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

4.6%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

3.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.3%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

20.4%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

15.7

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,223

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Tenterden Church of England Junior School Tenterden · 0.0 mi 39.2 St Michael's Church of England Primary School Tenterden · 1.3 mi 33.8 High Halden Church of England Primary School Ashford · 2.6 mi 47.1 Rolvenden Primary School Cranbrook · 2.9 mi 62.6 Woodchurch Church of England Primary School Ashford · 3.6 mi 53.9 John Mayne Church of England Primary School Ashford · 3.9 mi 17.6 Wittersham Church of England Primary School Tenterden · 3.9 mi 70.0 Benenden Church of England Primary School Cranbrook · 4.4 mi 77.8

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Tenterden Infant School at a glance

Located in Tenterden, Kent, Tenterden Infant School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 130 pupils aged 5 to 7.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Tenterden Infant School their first choice was offered one of its 28 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.3%. There are about 15.7 pupils per teacher. Tenterden Infant 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.