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Rolvenden Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Academy
Hastings Road, Rolvenden, Cranbrook TN17 4LS · rolvenden.kent.sch.uk · 01580 241444
On the mapSearch near TN17 4LS
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- 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
- 90
- 92% of 98 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Free school meals
- 34.4%
- First language not English
- 1.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 6 families put the school first and 7 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 | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 15 | 16 | 1.1▲ | 75% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 11 | 10 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% 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 | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 118379)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 June 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Rolvenden Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 26 Jun 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2012
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 118379), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118379)
Jan 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118379)
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (29 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 29
- 35% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 17% who had a child bullied