St Paul's Infant School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C67
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Maidstone, ME14 2BS
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Sandling Primary School
Ashburnham Road, Penenden Heath, Maidstone, ME14 2JG
Local ranking207th of 450 primary schools in Kent
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 7 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 67.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 10.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 87.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 68.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 60
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 416
- Boys
- 223 (54%)
- Girls
- 193 (46%)
- Capacity
- 420 (99% full)
- SEND
- 13.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 6.7%
- EAL
- 11.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 12.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,500/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community 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
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- White British: 79.8%
- White Other: 6.8%
- Black African: 3.4%
- Asian Other: 2.2%
- Asian Chinese: 1.5%
- Asian Indian: 1.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
79.8%
White British
6.8%
White Other
3.4%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Ashburnham Road
Maidstone, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 118511
- UKPRN
- 10073317
- Establishment No.
- 2552
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