Sandling Primary School

State-Funded School

sandling-primary-school-kent-south-east

South EastRegion

KentLocal Authority

Maidstone and MallingConstituency

ME14 2JGPostcode

8.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

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

It currently serves 421 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 77%
Higher standard: 8%
Reading score: 108
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

421

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

10%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 421
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
9 Jun 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
18 Apr 2012	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.