Updated September 2018
Entries on this page include the OFSTED Grade for each Primary School as they are published, also recording change from previous Inspection result, together with some other relevant information below. It is worth using the search engine on the Home Page to pick up other references to individual schools.
You can read the full Report on each Primary School at OFSTED. In September 2012, OFSTED revised its Inspection Grading System, giving each school a main Grade: Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement (previously Satisfactory), and Inadequate (two sub categories - A school that has serious weaknesses is inadequate overall and requires significant improvement but leadership and management are judged to be Grade 3 or better - A school that requires special measures is one where the school is failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of education and the school’s leaders, managers or governors have not demonstrated that they have the capacity to secure the necessary improvement in the school). Each Report carries a brief description of the school before justifying its decision in more detail. If a school is in Special Measures or Serious Weaknesses, the results of further monitoring visits are noted only if there is a problem.
You will find a good website to provide a host of factual data about Kent schools here.
You will find an item about Canterbury primary school oversubscription and vacancies in April 2018, looking at oversubscription and vacancies here, for 2017 here, for 2016 here, and for 2015 here.
Reports published post-August 2017 are in the first table, followed by other tables containing older Reports.
You will find further information on Pilgrims Way here.
CANTERBURY
PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2016-17
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change | |
Requires Improvement | Nov 16 | Up one | ||
Wingham Primary | Good | Nov 16 | No change | |
Wincheap Foundation Primary | Good | Oct 16 | No change | |
Good | Dec 16 | No change | ||
Hoath Primary School | Good | Jan 17 | No change | |
Outstanding | Jan 17 | Up one | ||
Parkside Community Primary | Requires Improvement | Feb 17 | Down one | |
Chilham, St Mary's CofE Primary | Good | Feb 17 | No change | |
Stelling Minnis CofE Primary | Good | Mar 17 | No change | |
Chislet CofE Primary | Good | Apr 17 | No change | |
Elham CofE Primary | Good | Apr 17 | No change | |
The Canterbury Primary | Good | May 17 | No change | |
Ash Cartwright and Kelsey CofE Primary | Requires Improvement | Jun 17 | No change |
CANTERBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2015-16 |
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change | |
Barham CofE | Good | Feb 16 | No change | |
Blean | Outstanding | Mar 16 | Up one | |
Chartham | Good | Jun 16 | Up one | |
Littlebourne CofE | Good | Sep 15 | Up one | |
St John's CofE |
Not taking effective action to remove SM |
Nov 15 | ||
Requires Improvement | Mar 16 | Up one | ||
St Stephen's Infant | Good | Jan 16 | No change | |
St Thomas Catholic |
Outstanding | Jan 16 | Up one |
Excerpt from the Canterbury section of an article on oversubscription and vacancies in primary schools 2015: "The City’s eight schools are heavily polarised, with half well oversubscribed, St Peter’s Methodist being well ahead with 23 disappointed first choices".
CANTERBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2014-15 |
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change | |
Bridge & Patrixbourne | Good | Sep 14 | Up one | |
Goodnestone | Good | Sep 14 | No change | |
Petham | Good | Jun 15 | Up two | |
St John's CofE | Reasonable progress to remove SM | Nov 14 | ||
Reasonable progress to remove SM | Mar 15 | |||
Reasonable progress to remove SM | Jun 15 | |||
St Peter's Methodist | Good | Mar 15 | Down one | |
Sturry CofE | Outstanding | Jan 15 | Up one | |
Wickhambreux | Outstanding | Feb 15 | No change |
CANTERBURY PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2013-14 |
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change | |
Adisham CofE | Good | Oct 13 | Up one | |
Bridge & Patrixbounre CofE | Good | Jun 14 | Up one | |
Chartham | Requires Improvement | Oct 13 | No change | |
Hersden Village | Good | May 14 | No change | |
Littlebourne CofE | Requires Improvement | Sep 13 | No change | |
Pilgrims Way |
Serious Weaknesses
(see below)
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Oct 13 | Down one | |
St John's CofE | Feb 14 | New school | ||
Progress from SM
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Jun 14 |
Pilgrims Way Primary School and Nursery
The OFSTED Report states: "The head of school has been in post for approximately one year. She was appointed to work under an executive headteacher from an academy chain. This academy conversion did not take place and a replacement academy sponsor was sought. A new sponsor, The Village Academy, has been secured and the executive headteacher of this academy chain is, from September 2013, acting executive headteacher of this school". The previous Executive Headteacher was from St Stephen's Junior School In Canterbury, a stand alone academy. This relationship was reported to be in difficulties hence, presumably, the reason for St Stephen's pulling out. Certainly, OFSTED also reports: "The school has been through a period of considerable and unsettling turbulence. There is little doubt that this has had a significant impact on the school’s ability to move forward following the previous inspection.The head of school is tenacious and focused in driving school improvement. She has a good understanding of what needs to be achieved and, in the year since her appointment, has developed a solid base from which to build. She has improved the quality of teaching and made promising appointments to strengthen leadership. The new senior leadership team has hit the ground running. It has a secure understanding of what needs to happen next and has been quick to establish strategies to check that no group of pupils continue to fall through the net. Leadership is judged to require improvement because it is simply too early to judge the effectiveness of these credible actions". All this suggests that the previous arrangement was simply not working and there has been insufficient time to repair the damage.
2012-13 OFSTED Reports
School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Bridge & Patrixbourne CofE | Requires Improvement | Jan 13 | Down one |
making good progress |
Mar 13 |
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Chilham, St Mary's CofE | Good | Jan 13 | Up one |
Chislet CofE | Good | Mar 13 | No change |
Elham, CofE | Good | Jan 13 | Up one |
Hoath | Good | May 13 | Up one |
Parkside Community | Good | Jun 13 | No change |
Petham | Special Measures | Apr 13 | Down 2 |
Local authority statement of action not fit for purpose
School improvement plan not fit for purpose.
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Jun 13 | ||
Preston | Good | Jul 13 | Up one |
St John's CofE | Reasonable Progress | Feb 13 | New school monitoring |
St Stephen's Junior | Good | May 13 | Down one |
Stelling Minnis CofE | Good | Dec 12 | No change |
Pre September 2012 Reports
School | Grade | Date | Further Information |
Adisham CofE Primary | Special Measures | Jan 2010 |
Inadequate Progress Jul 2010, Good Progress Nov 2010
Good progress Mar 2011
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Satisfactory |
Jul 2011 | ||
Barham CofE Primary | Good | Mar 2011 | |
The Canterbury Primary | Good | May 2012 | |
Chartham Primary | Satisfactory | Nov 2011 | |
Chilham St Mary's CofE Primary | Satisfactory | Nov 2010 | |
Elham CofE Primary | Satisfactory | Jun 2011 | |
Hersen Community Primary | Good | Mar 2012 | |
Kingsmead Primary | Special Measures | Mar 2012 | |
Littlebourne CofE Primary | Satisfactory | Feb 2012 | Down from Good in 2008 |
Nonington CofE Primary | Good | Mar 2011 | |
Northbourne CofE Primary | Satisfactory | Dec 2008 | May 2010 Inadequate progress |
Northbourne CofE Primary | Good | Jan 12 | See below |
Pilgrims Way Primary | Special Measures | Jan 2011 |
Satisfactory Progress Jun 2011. Satisfactory Prog Oct 2011 Good Progress Mar 2012, see below |
Pilgrims Way Primary | Satisfactory | Jun 2012 | See above |
Preston Primary | Satisfactory | Mar 2011 | |
St Stephen's Infant | Good | Jun 2011 | |
St Thomas' Catholic Primary | Good | Jun 2011 | |
Sturry CofE Primary | Good | May 2010 | |
Wincheap Foundation Primary | Good | May 2012 | |
Wingham Primary | Good | Feb 2012 |
Northbourne CofE Primary federated with another local primary school and, as OFSTED notes: "There have been significant changes in the school since the previous inspection. After a period of considerable instability and turbulence, during which delegated powers were removed from the governing body, the school was federated with a local primary school in September 2011. The headteacher of the federated school was appointed as the executive headteacher of both schools at this time. Prior to this, from September 2010, she had been supporting Northbourne in her role as a Local Leader of Education".
Diocesan and Payne Primary and Kingsmead are combining to form a new school, St John's CofE Primary on the Kingsmead site in Setptember 2012.