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Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School

Maidstone, ME14 5TZPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted inspected
5 Good
Mar 2025
KS2 Results
78%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.1×
Oversubscribed
65 1st-choice / 60 places
Ranking
🏆Top 25%
#2025 of 13,686 nationally

About Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School

Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School sits within the Kent local authority, where it ranks 9th out of 44 primary schools in the Maidstone district, placing it comfortably in the top quarter nationally. Among its top-performing peers in the wider county are Stelling Minnis Church of England Primary School, Leigh Academy Dartford, and Temple Ewell Church of England Primary School. The school is oversubscribed, receiving 175 applications for 60 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, with 56 of those going to first-preference families. It operates as a Church of England state primary for mixed-gender pupils aged 4 to 11, with a current roll of 436 children against a capacity of 420. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals stands at 7. 3 per cent, below the national average, and the school does not offer nursery provision.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterChurch of England
AddressProvender Way, Maidstone, Maidstone, ME14 5TZ
HeadteacherD J Smith
Local AuthorityKent
Number of Pupils436
Free School Meals (FSM)7.3%
School Capacity436 / 420 (104% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

4 Mar 2025
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Quality of Education
Outstanding
Behaviour & Attitudes
Outstanding
Personal Development
Outstanding
Leadership & Management
Outstanding
Early Years Provision
Outstanding

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single overall grade in inspections of state-funded schools.

Source: Ofsted, 9 Apr 2025. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageVisionPhysicalLearning DifficultyOther

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:40 – 15:10

Source: st-johns-maidstone.kent.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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