Palace Wood Primary School | Primary in Maidstone | Ofsted & DfE

69%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

426

Pupils · 2024/25

13%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

69%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

426

Pupils · 2024/25

13%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

69%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

426

Pupils · 2024/25

13%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 15/09/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityKent

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio20.2:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Palace Wood Primary School · Primary · Kent

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

69%

+13pp

70%63%56%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 69%

RWM higher standard

-3pp

13%8%3%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 8%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

75%

Reading higher standard

45%

Writing expected standard

78%

Writing higher standard

14%

Maths expected standard

80%

Maths higher standard

25%

Science expected standard

86%

SPAG expected standard

69%

SPAG higher standard

19%

Reading scaled score

105.0

Maths scaled score

105.0

GPS scaled score

102.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

426

Pupil : teacher ratio

20.2

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

13%

FSM eligible

19%

SEN

10%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

12%

Contact

Address

Ash Grove, Allington, Maidstone, ME16 0AB

Local authority

Kent

Website

www.palacewoodprimary.org.uk/

Telephone

01622750084

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	69%	8%	75%	45%	78%	14%	80%	25%	86%	69%	105.0	105.0	102.0	—	—	—	10%	426
2023/24	56%	11%	68%	24%	81%	24%	68%	21%	94%	56%	104.0	103.0	102.0	—	—	—	12%	422
2022/23	70%	3%	80%	33%	82%	8%	80%	32%	85%	65%	106.0	105.0	102.0	+0.40	+0.30	+0.30	12%	417
2018/19	68%	13%	78%	25%	77%	23%	83%	33%	82%	78%	104.0	106.0	105.0	+1.20	+1.30	+2.60	8%	410
2017/18	68%	12%	75%	23%	81%	26%	88%	26%	82%	74%	104.0	105.0	105.0	+0.10	+1.60	+1.70	8%	417
2016/17	79%	13%	84%	30%	89%	26%	92%	39%	92%	87%	107.0	108.0	107.0	+2.90	+2.40	+3.80	10%	413

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	426	19.9	10%	13%	19%	5%	12%
2023/24	422	19.0	12%	11%	17%	5%	17%
2022/23	417	20.2	12%	10%	17%	7%	16%
2021/22	414	16.9	13%	11%	17%	6%	17%
2020/21	412	18.5	8%	11%	20%	—	—
2018/19	410	22.2	8%	10%	15%	4%	5%
2017/18	417	21.8	8%	9%	15%	4%	8%
2016/17	413	24.4	10%	8%	12%	4%	9%