East Stour Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 3–11

Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 75% 75% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 75% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 7% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score: 108 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score: 106 2024/25[2]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	63%[3]	2%[3]	107[3]	104[3]
2022/23	71%[4]	8%[4]	105[4]	104[4]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 7 Jan 2025[5]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[5]
Report published: 10 Feb 2025[5]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[5]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: Improved significantly[5]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 1.8 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Applications (any preference): 90 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences: 44 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Places offered: 49 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences per place: 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[6]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	77[6]	38[6]	38[6]	2.0[6]	1.0[6]
Entry Sept 2024	73[6]	36[6]	38[6]	1.9[6]	0.9[6]
Entry Sept 2023	78[6]	31[6]	32[6]	2.4[6]	1.0[6]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 3–11[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 472[1]
Trust: EKC SCHOOLS TRUST LIMITED[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: www.east-stour.kent.sch.uk/[1]
District: Ashford [7]
Postcode: TN24 0DW[1]
URN: 148991[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 410 2024/25[8]
English as an additional language: 30.5% 2024/25[8]
SEN support: 11.2% 2024/25[8]
EHC plan: 4.4% 2024/25[8]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 41.7% 2024/25[8]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 61.8%[9]
Mixed: 5.5%[9]
Asian: 13%[9]
Black: 16.6%[9]
Any other ethnic group: 2.9%[9]
Unclassified: 0.3%[9]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.