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Blean Primary School

Canterbury, CT2 9ED · Kent · primary school

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Ofsted: Outstanding · 2022 Inspected 4 years ago Mixed Primary
9.3/10 Well above average

13th of 425 primary schools in Kent we can score, 460 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 9.0/10 against 3,948 of them, against 9.1/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 80.0 · 88 40% 3.55
Ofsted 96 34% 3.29
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 25.0 · 96 25% 2.43

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 80.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths, compared to the national median of 64%. 25.0% reached the higher standard. Ofsted rated the school Outstanding in May 2022. Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so they are not simply a reflection of who attends (9.0 out of 10 against similar schools, 9.1 out of 10 against all schools).

Getting in. The school has 449 pupils in a capacity of 469, leaving 20 spare places. The school is close to full, so places are likely to be competitive.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school manage the competitive nature of its 20 remaining places? What does the daily timetable look like for a child joining near capacity? How has the Outstanding rating from 2022 been maintained in recent years?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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