Hever Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary aided school · Primary
Edenbridge · TN8 7NH · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS255%
- Absence6.5%
- FSM17.0%
- Demand0.74
1.6 miles away
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Chiddingstone Church of England School
Academy converter · Edenbridge · TN8 7AH
Ages 5–11 · 209 pupils · Kent
Ofsted
Not judged
KS2 expected (RWM)
72%
Overall absence
3.9%
Admissions demand
1.37 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-12-10
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)72%
Higher standard (RWM)10%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 108.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)3.8%
Unauthorised0.2%
- Authorised absence
- 3.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 183
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.37 · Competitive
1st preferences
41
Places offered
30
1st-preference offers
30
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 69
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 30
- Applications from outside LA
- 2
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill100%
209 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 209
- Boys / girls
- 100 / 109
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 209 / 210 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 4.3%
- FSM pupils
- 9
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Rochester
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: CHIDDINGSTONE CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- CHIDDINGSTONE CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Kate Haysom
Location
- Address
- Chiddingstone
- Postcode
- TN8 7AH
- Town
- Edenbridge
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Tonbridge
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 5–11, in Edenbridge, Kent, 209 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 4.3%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Rochester.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Penshurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Tonbridge · TN11 8BX · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS271%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM10.1%
- Demand1.00
1.7 miles away
Four Elms Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Edenbridge · TN8 6NE · Kent
Ages 5–11
- KS293%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM14.5%
- Demand0.67
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Kate Haysom
- Telephone
- 01892870339