Wincheap Foundation Primary SchoolThe Canterbury Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Wincheap Foundation Primary School and The Canterbury Primary School are primary schools in Canterbury.

  • Wincheap Foundation Primary School scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average) and The Canterbury Primary School scores 38 out of 100 (grade F, weak). Wincheap Foundation Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Wincheap Foundation Primary School was judged Good and The Canterbury 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 Wincheap Foundation Primary School and 51.0% for The Canterbury Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Wincheap Foundation Primary School (54.0% in 2022-23, 66.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at The Canterbury Primary School (60.0% in 2022-23, 51.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Wincheap Foundation Primary School versus The Canterbury Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CanterburyWincheap Foundation Primary SchoolCanterburyThe Canterbury Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC57/100Stronger figureF38/100
Local ranking214th of 450 in Kent Stronger figure394th of 450 in Kent
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeFoundation school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll429 416
Capacity440 420
LocationCanterbury, CT1 3SD Canterbury, CT2 8PT
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard66.0% Stronger figure51.0% 62.0%
At higher standard11.0% Stronger figure3.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score109.0 Stronger figure102.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure102.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census429 416
Free school meals (ever 6)35.7% 43.8%
English as an additional language15.2% 28.8%
SEN support12.1% 14.9%
SEN with an EHC plan4.2% 6.5%
Attendance
Overall absence6.1% Stronger figure7.6% 6.2%
Persistent absence17.6% Stronger figure25.1% 15.8%

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.

Wincheap Foundation Primary School

The Canterbury Primary School

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