Smeeth Community Primary School is a primary school located in Ashford. 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 07/11/2014. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is well above average, progress in reading is average, progress in maths is below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.2%, which is 0.8 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Caroland Close, Ashford

School Information

Address: Caroland Close, Ashford, TN25 6RX
Website: www.smeeth.kent.sch.uk
Telephone: 01303813128
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Jennifer Payne
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 118381

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 07/11/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 140
Number of Pupils: 126
Number of Boys: 63
Number of Girls: 63

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 3.3% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Above Average: 0.3 Confidence interval -2.3 to 2.9
Writing
Well Above Average: 2.7 Confidence interval 0.3 to 5.1
Maths
Below Average: -3.1 Confidence interval -5.3 to -0.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:50%
England Average:65%

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

School:9%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:99
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Smeeth Community Primary School
Caroland Close , Smeeth TN25 6RX 		3out of 4 0 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Brabourne Church of England Primary School
School Lane , Brabourne TN25 5LQ 		3out of 4 2,376 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Mersham Primary School
Church Road , Mersham TN25 6NU 		3out of 4 3,032 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Caldecott Foundation School
Station Road , Smeeth TN25 6PW 		3out of 4 1,299 yd Non-maintained special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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