King's Farm Primary School

King’s Farm Primary School continues to demonstrate good performance, fostering a vibrant and supportive environment where pupils thrive academically and socially. The school emphasizes high expectations for behavior and respectful interactions, which is reflected in the pupils' demeanor. Comprehensive support for all pupils, including those with special educational needs, is a highlight, ensuring that they progress effectively through a well-structured curriculum tailored to develop their understanding and skills, especially in subjects like mathematics and reading. However, the school faces challenges with pupil attendance, as some students are not attending as regularly as necessary, which impacts their learning opportunities. Despite these concerns, the leadership team's commitment to improving attendance indicates that they are actively seeking solutions to this issue. This inspection marked the first since 2018, following a period of significant change during the pandemic, allowing the school to reassess and strengthen its educational initiatives.

Strengths

• Pupils are proud to be part of a vibrant school community.
• Leaders have high expectations for student conduct and behaviour.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
• A well-structured and aspirational curriculum promoting both academic and social skills.
• High-quality professional development for staff enhances teaching expertise.
• A variety of extracurricular activities and clubs enrich the pupils' learning experiences.
• Effective safeguarding measures create a safe learning environment.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not attend school regularly, impacting their learning.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at King's Farm Primary School attended 93.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at King's Farm Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 King's Farm Primary School had 17.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 10.9% of pupils at King's Farm Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 17 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 King's Farm Primary School received £8,429 and spent £8,395 for each of its 449 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £434,000 (£966 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is King's Farm Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for King's Farm Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was King's Farm Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

King's Farm Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does King's Farm Primary School have?

King's Farm Primary School has 468 pupils on roll.

What age range does King's Farm Primary School cover?

King's Farm Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are King's Farm Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is King's Farm Primary School?

King's Farm Primary School is at Cedar Avenue, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5JT.