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Whitehill Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Sun Lane, Gravesend DA12 5HN · whitehillprimary.com · 01474 352973
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 42%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 515
- 82% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 36.6%
- First language not English
- 23.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 29 families put the school first and 31 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 | 31 | 29 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 40 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 55 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 46 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 66 | 63 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 42% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% the higher standard. Across Kent it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼42% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Whitehill Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 27 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 27 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2022
Other inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Apr 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
Mar 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
36% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (75 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 36%
- Replies
- 75
- 12% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 92% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied
based on 25 parents (33%) with SEND