Laddingford St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school located in Maidstone. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 21/06/2013. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.8%, which is 2.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Darman Lane, Maidstone

School Information

Address: Darman Lane, Maidstone, ME18 6BL
Website: http://www.laddingford.kent.sch.uk
Telephone: 01622871270
School Type: Voluntary controlled school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Gemma Hitch
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 118637

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 21/06/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 91
Number of Pupils: 74
Number of Boys: 43
Number of Girls: 31

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 23.9% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 0.6 Confidence interval -4.3 to 5.6
Writing
Average: 3.2 Confidence interval -1.3 to 7.8
Maths
Average: -1.1 Confidence interval -5.4 to 3.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:67%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:17%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:101
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Laddingford St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Darman Lane , Laddingford ME18 6BL
3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Vicarage Road , Yalding ME18 6DP
3out of 4 2,905 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
East Peckham Primary School
130 Pound Road , East Peckham TN12 5LH
3out of 4 2,948 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Quest School
Bell 3 , The Hop Farm TN12 6PY
- not rated 1,769 yd Other independent special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.