Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Chevening, St Botolph’s Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all areas of evaluation. The school fosters a strong sense of community rooted in Christian values, where pupils feel valued and supported. New leadership aims to enhance students' experiences, ensuring they leave as well-rounded individuals. While pupils demonstrate high attainment in reading, writing, and mathematics, the school is actively seeking to strengthen the quality of its curriculum, particularly in foundation subjects, and improve staff training for optimal delivery of the curriculum.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and well-supported in a caring community.
• High standards of attainment in reading, writing, and mathematics.
• Well-organised and effective teaching of phonics.
• Strong parental involvement and community engagement.
• Pupils exhibit good behavior and appreciate their school environment.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged backgrounds.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent subject knowledge and planning in foundation subjects.
• Need for further training for staff in teaching phonics.
• Outdoor learning experiences for early years are less developed.
• Record-keeping in safeguarding procedures needs improvement.

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 Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.5% 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 Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided 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 Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School had 23.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.9% 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, 16.3% of pupils at Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School received £6,535 and spent £6,485 for each of its 196 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £46,000 (£237 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 Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School have?

Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School has 196 pupils on roll.

What age range does Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School cover?

Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School?

Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is at Chevening Road, Chipstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 2SA.