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Schools in Kent

694 schools in the Kent local authority.

Schools

694

Open schools

Pupils

268,026

2025–26 census

Good or better

95%

504 of 530 graded

Academic Performance

5.3

out of 10 · 620 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
64 12%
Good
440 83%
Requires improvement
22 4%
Inadequate
4 <1%
73 inspected since 2024, no overall grade49 superseded by a report card91 not judged3 in a category of concern3 safeguarding not effective
5.3
Academic Performance

Averaged over 620 of 694 schools that can be scored

Pupils

268,026

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 687 of 694 schools (268,026 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
77%
Asian
6%
Black
6%
Mixed
7%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
1%
Unclassified
1%

Ethnicity from 592 of 694 schools (250,100 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
25.6%

64,087 of 250,100 pupils · 592 of 694 schools

First language not English
14.4%

35,952 of 250,100 pupils · 592 of 694 schools

Young carers
2.6%

6,472 of 250,007 pupils · 591 of 694 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
478
Secondary
114
All-through
16
Special
37
Nursery
1
PRU
6
Not recorded
42

Top primary schools in Kent

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Kent

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 694 schools in Kent — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Kent

How many schools are there in Kent?
Kent has 694 open schools — 478 primary, 114 secondary, 37 special, 1 nursery, teaching 268,026 pupils in total.
How many schools in Kent are rated Good or Outstanding?
504 of the 530 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 95% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 64 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 694: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Kent?
5.3 out of 10, averaged across the 620 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Kent schools have no Ofsted rating?
164 schools in Kent currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Kent local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Kent covers 694 schools and sits in the South East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Kent are eligible for free school meals?
25.6% — 64,087 of 250,100 pupils at the 592 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the South East region.