St Francis' Catholic Primary School, MaidstoneAllington Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Maidstone.

Summary of the comparison

St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone and Allington Primary School are primary schools in Maidstone.

  • St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Allington Primary School scores 83 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Allington Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone was judged Good and Allington Primary School was judged Outstanding.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 46.0% for St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone and 83.0% for Allington Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone (73.0% in 2022-23, 46.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Allington Primary School (92.0% in 2022-23, 83.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone versus Allington Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure MaidstoneSt Francis' Catholic Primary School, MaidstoneMaidstoneAllington Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC59/100B83/100Stronger figure
Local ranking180th of 450 in Kent 7th of 450 in Kent Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeVoluntary aided school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 5-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll419 468
Capacity420 420
LocationMaidstone, ME16 0LB Maidstone, ME16 0PG
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard46.0% 83.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard6.0% 14.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score103.0 108.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 108.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census419 468
Free school meals (ever 6)14.1% 9.0%
English as an additional language41.3% 11.1%
SEN support6.7% 5.1%
SEN with an EHC plan1.4% 1.3%
Attendance
Overall absence4.2% 3.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence8.6% 4.6% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone

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