The Discovery School
Discovery Drive, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4GJ
Local ranking84th of 448 primary schools in Kent
Ofsted: Outstanding
Primary
Phase
630
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 18.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 91.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 89.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 89.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 110.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 109.0
- Cohort Size
- 95
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 635
- Boys
- 324 (51%)
- Girls
- 311 (49%)
- Capacity
- 630 (101% full)
- SEND
- 11.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 8.3%
- EAL
- 6.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.1%
- SEN Support
- 10.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 29.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,088/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.4%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.0%
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: 70.3%
- Mixed Other: 7.2%
- White Other: 4.5%
- Other: 4.5%
- Asian Indian: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.5%
- Black African: 1.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.4%
70.3%
White British
7.2%
Mixed Other
4.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 134057
- UKPRN
- 10074152
- Establishment No.
- 2065