Shears Green Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Mixed · Kent
Packham Road, Gravesend, DA11 7JF
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
94.0%
14.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
258
Capacity used
Has space72%
360 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
73 of 73 families who put it first got an offer
79
Places offered
162
Total applications
2.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 73 | 73 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 45 | 1 | ● 2% |
| 3rd preference | 43 | 2 | ● 5% |
| Later preferences | 1 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 162 | 76 | 47% |
1st preference success by year
Kent lets families list 3 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Clare Holder
- Address
- Packham Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, DA11 7JF
- Phone
- 01474566700
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward / constituency
- Coldharbour & Perry Street · Gravesham
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 148918
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 35% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 18% | — | — |
| SEN support | 8% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: HORNCHURCH ACADEMY TRUST
258 pupils · 360 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
18 December 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 212 pupils
Attendance
94.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
6.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
14.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
1.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
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.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 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.