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St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone

Primary

Maidstone · Maidstone · ME16 0LB www.st-francis.kent.sch.uk

Pupils
402
cap. 420
Ages
4 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Maintained school

The latest DfE performance data shown is from 2024/25.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspection

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Latest inspection
12 Mar 2024
Good

Inspection outcome

Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Early years provision
Requires Improvement

Other Ofsted reports

11 reports
18 Sep 2018
Short inspection
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28 Jan 2015
Full inspectionGood
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2 Jul 2014
Monitoring visit
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This history covers the current school only. Reports for predecessor schools are not included.

Admissions

Can I get my child into this school?

This school is in Maidstone. You apply through the education LA where you live, even if that is a different council.

Results vs local authority and England

This school's latest published figures, once. Local authority and England averages when we have them.

RWM expected
46%
-14pp
LA
63%
England
63%
79%63%46%
'17'18'19'23'24'25
RWM higher
6%
+3pp
LA
10%
England
8%
18%11%3%
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Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
63%
Reading higher standard
30%
Writing expected standard
60%
Writing higher standard
6%
Maths expected standard
63%
Maths higher standard
27%
Science expected standard
83%
SPAG expected standard
65%
LA AVG 70%
SPAG higher standard
16%
LA AVG 25%
Reading scaled score
103.0
LA AVG 105.82
Maths scaled score
103.0
LA AVG 104.18
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
419
cap. 420
419413407
'17'18'19'21'22'23'24'25
Pupil : teacher ratio
21.2
LA AVG 20.68:1
25.323.221.2
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EAL
41%
LA AVG 13.81%
41%39%36%
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FSM eligible
14%
LA AVG 27.09%
16%12%9%
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SEN
8%
LA AVG 17.42%
11%9%7%
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Overall absence
4%
LA
6%
England
5%
8%6%4%
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Persistent absence
9%
LA
15%
England
13%
27%16%5%
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Overview

AddressQueen's Road, Maidstone, ME16 0LB
Telephone01622771540
Local authorityKent
PhasePrimary
School typeMaintained school
Pupil : teacher ratio21.2:1
Religious characterRoman Catholic
Finance£5811 spend / pupil£5689 income / pupil2024-25 · CFRView on FBIT

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

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

YearRWM expectedRWM higherReading prog.Writing prog.Maths prog.Cohort
2024/2546%6%419
2023/2460%3%417
2022/2373%5%-0.40+1.60-0.10418
2018/1979%16%+2.00+3.10+3.70407
2017/1874%18%+0.30+0.70-0.60413
2016/1766%6%+2.10+2.30+0.60414
More fields
YearReading exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreSEN
2024/2563%30%60%6%63%27%83%65%103.0103.0102.08%
2023/2485%31%69%8%76%15%85%69%107.0103.0104.08%
2022/2377%26%84%19%79%19%87%76%105.0105.0105.08%
2018/1986%32%92%33%95%40%86%92%106.0109.0109.08%
2017/1884%38%90%31%84%31%92%84%107.0105.0107.07%
2016/1774%19%85%16%76%18%84%82%104.0103.0106.09%

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.

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/2541921.28%41%14%4%9%
2023/2441722.18%40%16%6%12%
2022/2341823.18%36%16%7%20%
2021/2241822.411%38%15%8%27%
2020/2141222.010%36%15%
2018/1940723.48%37%12%4%5%
2017/1841325.37%40%9%4%6%
2016/1741423.59%40%9%4%7%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.