Voluntary aided school · Primary
Cranbrook · TN17 2LR · Kent
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
2.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 118601
Goudhurst and Kilndown Church of England Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Cranbrook · TN17 1DZ
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 5–11
Pupils
216
Local authority
Kent
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 5–11, in Cranbrook, Kent, 216 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 13.4%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Canterbury.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Overview
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 118601
Location
- Address
- Beaman Close, Cranbrook Road, Goudhurst
- Postcode
- TN17 1DZ
- Town
- Cranbrook
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 216
- Boys / girls
- 116 / 100
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 216 / 210 (103%)
- Free school meals
- 13.4%
- FSM pupils
- 29
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Canterbury
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Federation
- The 10:10 Primary Federation
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Ryan Laker
- Telephone
- 01580211365
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-02-25
- 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 from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 69%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 24%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
4.3%
Persistent absence
7.0%
Unauthorised
0.8%
- Authorised absence
- 3.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 185
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 5.4% · Persistent 13.2%
- 2021/22
- Overall 5.2% · Persistent 12.0%