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Adisham Church of England Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
The Street, Adisham, Canterbury CT3 3JW · adisham.kent.sch.uk · 01304 840246
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 101
- 96% of 105 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 23.8%
- First language not English
- 6.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 16 families put the school first and 15 places were offered; 94% 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 | 15 | 16 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 15 | 16 | 1.1▲ | 50% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 15 | 14 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 15 | 13 | 0.9 | 85% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 14 | 15 | 1.1▲ | 80% |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 19% 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 | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ▲19% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Adisham Church of England Primary School on 25 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 25 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Exceptional |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Nov 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2017Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Oct 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (34 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Positive
- 88%
- Replies
- 34
- 33% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 97% who raised concerns
based on 4 parents (12%) whose child was bullied
based on 22 parents (65%) with SEND