The Discovery School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
C67
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- West Malling, ME19 4GJ
- Distance
- 2.5km away
Wateringbury Church of England Primary School
147 Bow Road, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5EA
Local ranking284th of 450 primary schools in Kent
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 July 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
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 66.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 10.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 62.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 29
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 151
- Boys
- 70 (46%)
- Girls
- 81 (54%)
- Capacity
- 210 (72% full)
- SEND
- 17.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.8%
- EAL
- 7.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 15.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,857/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- 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: 83.5%
- Black African: 6.9%
- White Other: 4.8%
- White Irish: 1.4%
- Asian Indian: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.7%
- Asian Chinese: 0.7%
83.5%
White British
6.9%
Black African
4.8%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
147 Bow Road
Maidstone, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 118632
- UKPRN
- 10078476
- Establishment No.
- 3084
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