Coxheath Primary School

Coxheath Primary School has demonstrated a strong overall performance, achieving a 'Good' rating in several key areas while excelling in behaviour and personal development, both rated as 'Outstanding'. The school fosters an inclusive and welcoming environment, with a curriculum designed to ignite pupils' curiosity and passion for learning. However, while many subjects are performing well, there are still areas of the curriculum that require further development to ensure consistent high standards across all subjects. Leaders are aware of these improvements and are already taking steps to address them.

Strengths

• Exceptional personal development provision
• Strong relationships between pupils and staff
• Innovative approach to teaching art
• Effective emotional well-being support for pupils
• High-quality early reading instruction
• Strong emphasis on vocabulary development

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum not fully embedded across all subjects
• Parents not fully involved in SEND support planning

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 Coxheath Primary School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.1% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Coxheath 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 Coxheath Primary School had 26.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.9% 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, 13.4% of pupils at Coxheath Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.3% 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 Coxheath Primary School received £6,069 and spent £6,183 for each of its 459 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £292,000 (£636 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Coppice Primary Partnership, income was £6,101 and spending £6,239 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 Maidstone · Kent local authority: places and applications

Coxheath Primary School is part of Coppice Primary Partnership, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Loose Primary School Maidstone
• Staplehurst School Tonbridge
• St Katherine's School & Nursery Snodland

What is Coxheath Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Coxheath Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Coxheath Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Coxheath Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Coxheath Primary School have?

Coxheath Primary School has 463 pupils on roll.

What age range does Coxheath Primary School cover?

Coxheath Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Coxheath Primary School?

Coxheath Primary School is at Stockett Lane, Coxheath, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 4PS.