Wateringbury Church of England Primary SchoolYalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Wateringbury Church of England Primary School and Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School are primary schools in Maidstone.

  • Wateringbury Church of England Primary School scores 50 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School scores 61 out of 100 (grade C, average). Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Wateringbury Church of England Primary School was judged the expected standard and Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 66.0% for Wateringbury Church of England Primary School and 56.0% for Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Wateringbury Church of England Primary School (39.0% in 2022-23, 66.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (65.0% in 2022-23, 56.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Wateringbury Church of England Primary School versus Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure MaidstoneWateringbury Church of England Primary SchoolMaidstoneYalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD50/100C61/100Stronger figure
Local ranking284th of 450 in Kent 157th of 450 in Kent Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Voluntary controlled school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 5-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll151 164
Capacity210 168
LocationMaidstone, ME18 5EA Maidstone, ME18 6DP
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard66.0% Stronger figure56.0% 62.0%
At higher standard10.0% 12.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 106.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 104.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census151 164
Free school meals (ever 6)25.8% 15.2%
English as an additional language7.3% 1.8%
SEN support15.2% 13.4%
SEN with an EHC plan2.6% 0.6%
Attendance
Overall absence6.9% 4.9% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence21.6% 8.0% 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.

Wateringbury Church of England Primary School

Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

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