Beaver Green Primary School

Beaver Green Primary School continues to achieve good standards, demonstrating notable strengths in creating a supportive and engaging learning environment. Pupils are well-prepared for their future education, especially in early years where they develop a strong foundation for learning. The school promotes positive relationships and a culture of respect, ensuring that students feel safe and valued. However, some disadvantaged pupils face challenges in fully grasping key concepts, impacting their academic performance. The leadership regularly collaborates with specialists to enhance the teaching staff's expertise, although inconsistencies in subject knowledge among some teachers have been identified as an area for improvement.

Strengths

• Pupils engage positively with a broad and balanced curriculum.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and enrichment activities.
• Effective support and adaptations for pupils with SEND.
• High expectations for behaviour and a calm school environment.
• Collaboration with trust specialists enhances staff expertise.

Areas for Improvement

• Some disadvantaged pupils struggle to fully understand and recall key concepts.
• Inconsistencies in subject knowledge among some teachers affect pupil 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 Beaver Green Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.8% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Beaver Green 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 Beaver Green Primary School had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.9% 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, 23.0% of pupils at Beaver Green Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% 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 2024–25 Beaver Green Primary School received £6,968 and spent £6,937 for each of its 447 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £182,000 (£407 per pupil).

Across all 19 schools of Swale Academies Trust, income was £8,268 and spending £8,248 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Ashford · Kent local authority: places and applications

Beaver Green Primary School is part of Swale Academies Trust, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

• The North School Ashford
• The Sittingbourne School Sittingbourne
• Westlands Primary School Sittingbourne
• Westlands School Sittingbourne
• Regis Manor Primary School Sittingbourne
• South Borough Primary School Maidstone
• The Whitstable School Whitstable
• The Holmesdale School Snodland
• Meopham School Gravesend
• Istead Rise Primary School Gravesend

What is Beaver Green Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Beaver Green Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Beaver Green Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Beaver Green Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Beaver Green Primary School have?

Beaver Green Primary School has 483 pupils on roll.

What age range does Beaver Green Primary School cover?

Beaver Green Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Beaver Green Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Beaver Green Primary School?

Beaver Green Primary School is at Cuckoo Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN23 5DA.