Smeeth Community Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D45
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Ashford, TN25 6RX
- Distance
- 2.8km away
Mersham Primary School
Church Road, Mersham, Ashford, TN25 6NU
Local ranking244th of 445 primary schools in Kent
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 14 July 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 52.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 7.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 66.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 62.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 29
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 171
- Boys
- 76 (54%)
- Girls
- 64 (46%)
- Capacity
- 210 (67% full)
- SEND
- 16.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.6%
- EAL
- 11.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.2%
- SEN Support
- 15.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,573/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 77.7%
- Black African: 5.9%
- Mixed Other: 4.7%
- White Other: 3.5%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.8%
- Black Caribbean: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.2%
77.7%
White British
5.9%
Black African
4.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Church Road
Ashford, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 118377
- UKPRN
- 10073109
- Establishment No.
- 2285
- Trust
- CARE Foundation Trust
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