Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School

All evaluated areas at Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School are judged at the expected standard, and safeguarding standards are met. The small school provides a broad, ambitious and well-ordered curriculum, with reading as a clear priority, strong early years provision and an inclusive culture. Pupils, including those with SEND, disadvantaged pupils and those who join during the year, make successful progress from their starting points, and attendance has improved to be in line with national figures. Leadership and governance are effective, staff feel well supported, and the personal development programme is well planned. Behaviour is positive and relationships are strong. However, mathematics is the main area for development: published outcomes are below national averages, including for disadvantaged pupils, and some pupils still have gaps in key knowledge. Teaching is mostly effective but not consistently strong in some lessons, which has slowed progress in mathematics. Inspectors' next steps focus on continuing to monitor vulnerable pupils' achievement, including in mathematics, and ensuring the curriculum is consistently well taught across the school. The school's context includes its small size, Church of England character, and above-average proportion of pupils with SEN support.

Strengths

• Broad, ambitious and well-ordered curriculum across the school.
• Reading is a clear priority, and most pupils learn to read fluently and accurately.
• Effective early years provision with a strong focus on communication, language and mathematics.
• Inclusive culture where pupils with SEND, disadvantaged pupils and new arrivals are well supported.
• Attendance has improved and is now in line with national figures for all groups.
• Positive behaviour and kind, supportive relationships; pupils feel safe and bullying is dealt with swiftly.
• Strong leadership and governance with clear priorities and appropriate support and challenge.
• Well-planned personal development programme with enrichment, leadership roles and pastoral support.
• Staff feel supported, with high-quality professional learning and workload consideration.
• Safeguarding standards are met.

Areas for Improvement

• Mathematics outcomes are below national averages, including for disadvantaged pupils and in the combined reading, writing and mathematics measure.
• Some pupils have gaps in key mathematics knowledge, and these gaps sometimes remain.
• Teaching is not consistently strong across all lessons, which has slowed progress in mathematics.
• Leaders need to continue monitoring vulnerable pupils' achievement over time, particularly in mathematics.
• Leaders need to ensure highly effective teaching is embedded consistently across the school.

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 Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.3% 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 Hartlip Endowed Church of England 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 Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School had 18.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 20.2% of pupils at Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% 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 Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School received £8,015 and spent £8,354 for each of its 104 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £97,000 (£933 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 Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School have?

Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School has 104 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School cover?

Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School?

Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School is at The Street, Hartlip, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 7TL.