Westcourt Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Gravesend, Kent·DA12 4JG
Composite score
34.0
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#12,602
National rank
#1883
In South East
#373
In Kent
Top 85%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
77%
39 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.30
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
76
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.42
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020220.9320230.8320240.8820251.302026

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 Westcourt 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
307
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
52.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
20.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,020
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Westcourt Primary School

Westcourt Primary School is a primary school in Gravesend, Kent, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 307 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 47% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 11.0 percentage points compared with 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 104 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Westcourt Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 39 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 20.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 53% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Westcourt 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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