Smeeth Community Primary School | Primary in Ashford | Ofsted & DfE

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

107

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

107

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

107

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 03/07/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityKent

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio18.5:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Smeeth Community Primary School · Primary · Kent

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

62%

+4pp

62%52%42%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 62%

RWM higher standard

+8pp

9%5%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 8%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

77%

Reading higher standard

15%

Writing expected standard

77%

Writing higher standard

23%

Maths expected standard

77%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

77%

SPAG expected standard

77%

SPAG higher standard

15%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

102.0

GPS scaled score

103.0

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

107

Pupil : teacher ratio

18.5

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

16%

SEN

13%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

14%

Contact

Address

Caroland Close, Smeeth, Ashford, TN25 6RX

Local authority

Kent

Website

www.smeeth.kent.sch.uk

Telephone

01303813128

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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	62%	8%	77%	15%	77%	23%	77%	8%	77%	77%	103.0	102.0	103.0	—	—	—	13%	107
2023/24	58%	0%	63%	32%	68%	11%	63%	11%	68%	63%	107.0	103.0	107.0	—	—	—	10%	117
2022/23	47%	7%	60%	27%	80%	13%	53%	7%	87%	60%	105.0	101.0	102.0	-1.70	-0.40	-4.90	8%	122
2018/19	50%	9%	64%	18%	82%	23%	55%	14%	73%	64%	102.0	99.0	102.0	+0.30	+2.70	-3.10	8%	130
2017/18	42%	0%	83%	13%	88%	21%	42%	0%	83%	71%	104.0	98.0	103.0	-0.60	+1.10	-5.90	11%	140
2016/17	53%	0%	67%	27%	73%	27%	67%	7%	80%	67%	104.0	102.0	105.0	+0.40	+1.40	-1.40	15%	131

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	107	17.8	13%	0%	16%	5%	14%
2023/24	117	19.5	10%	3%	17%	7%	20%
2022/23	122	19.1	8%	2%	13%	6%	14%
2021/22	130	19.7	12%	2%	14%	7%	24%
2020/21	126	18.5	11%	2%	9%	—	—
2018/19	130	15.5	8%	1%	7%	3%	3%
2017/18	140	18.9	11%	0%	11%	3%	6%
2016/17	131	19.6	15%	1%	11%	4%	8%