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Ditton Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Foundation school
Pear Tree Avenue, Ditton, Aylesford ME20 6EB · ditton-inf.kent.sch.uk · 01732 844107
On the mapSearch near ME20 6EB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2022
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 110
- 61% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 26.4%
- First language not English
- 6.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 18 families put the school first and 24 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 24 | 18 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 38 | 34 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 43 | 38 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 55 | 38 | 0.7 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ditton Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 4 October 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 4 Oct 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Sept 2008
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Oct 2005Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (55 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 55
- 32% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 49% who raised concerns
based on the 13% who had a child bullied