Petham Primary School

State-Funded School

petham-primary-school-kent-south-east

South EastRegion

KentLocal Authority

CanterburyConstituency

CT4 5RDPostcode

1.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Petham Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Kent, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 99 pupils. Petham Primary School is part of OUR COMMUNITY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 50%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 99

Ethnicity

White

89%

Asian

Mixed

Pupils

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 99
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: OUR COMMUNITY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 1 April 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
3 Jul 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.