St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone

State-Funded School

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South EastRegion

KentLocal Authority

Maidstone and MallingConstituency

ME16 0LBPostcode

3.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone 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 402 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 60%
Higher standard: 3%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

56%

Asian

13%

Black

15%

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

402

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

12%

England average

27%

First language not English

39%

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: 402
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
2 May 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
4 Mar 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.