Cobham Primary School

About Cobham Primary School

Cobham Primary School has been judged Outstanding in every category of its most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in 2024. The school received top marks of 1 for overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This continues a pattern of excellence: the school was also rated Outstanding in its previous inspection in 2012. On the most informative exam metric available, Key Stage 2 reading, writing and maths combined expected standard, 80% of pupils met the benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure places Cobham first among 25 primary schools in the Gravesham local authority area, and in the top 11% nationally. The school’s ranking score of 80 puts it in the top 25% tier of schools across the country.

Looking more closely at the exam results, the school’s performance is strong across individual subjects. In reading, 97% of pupils reached the expected standard, with 37% achieving the higher standard. Writing saw the same 97% expected rate and 33% at the higher level. In maths, 83% met the expected standard and 37% reached the higher standard. The average scaled scores were 108 in reading and 107 in maths. These outcomes compare very favourably with the local authority average of 63% for the combined expected standard in Kent. The school’s Progress 8 scores are not available, but the raw attainment figures suggest a consistently high-performing cohort. With 17% of pupils achieving the higher standard across all three subjects, the school is clearly stretching its most able pupils as well as securing solid foundations for the majority.

Cobham Primary is a state school for mixed genders aged 4 to 11, with a current roll of 216 pupils exactly matching its capacity. The school is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 154 applications for 30 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 5.13, and 51 first-preference applications for those 30 spots. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is 7.4%, below the national average. Facilities include a library, art studios, playing fields, a gymnasium, a forest school, and a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, cricket, tennis, football, cross country, rounders, and gymnastics, while clubs range from book club and eco club to science club, coding, film club, and chess. The school has SEND provision for specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, speech language and communication needs, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that suits families seeking a proven, academically strong primary with a broad extracurricular offer and a clear track record of high standards.

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