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King's Farm Primary School

Primary · Community school · Mixed · Kent

Cedar Avenue, Gravesend, DA12 5JT

Website 01474566979

65

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

93.4%

19.2% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

468

Capacity used

Nearly full

95%

492 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

49 of 49 families who put it first got an offer

51

Places offered

89

Total applications

1.7

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference4949● 100%
2nd preference212● 10%
3rd preference190● 0%
Total895157%

1st preference success by year

86%
2020
100%
2021
100%
2022
94%
2023
88%
2024
100%
2025

Kent lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Jane Kubacki
Address
Cedar Avenue, Gravesend, DA12 5JT
Phone
01474566979
Local authority
Kent
Ward / constituency
Singlewell · Gravesham
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
118585

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals56%——
English as additional language21%——
SEN support10%——
54% boys (251)46% girls (217)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

468 pupils · 492 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 24

    28 February 2024

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 390 pupils

Attendance

93.4%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

6.6%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

19.2%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.8%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

2.4%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

15%
20/21
25%
21/22
28%
22/23
25%
23/24
19%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths65%——
Higher standard12%——
Reading progress——0.0
Writing progress——0.0
Maths progress——0.0

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard69%
+7% vs England
Higher standard12%
+4% vs England

Reading

Expected standard76%
+1% vs England
Higher standard32%
-1% vs England
Average score105
-1 vs England

Writing

Expected standard85%
+13% vs England
Greater depth19%
+6% vs England

Maths

Expected standard78%
+4% vs England
Higher standard27%
+1% vs England
Average score105
+0 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard75%
+2% vs England
Higher standard31%
+1% vs England
Average score105
+0 vs England

Science

Expected standard90%
+8% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

552019622023652024692025

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)69%61%
Higher standard12%8%

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Kent council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.