St Mildred's Primary Infant School

About St Mildred's Primary Infant School

St Mildred's Primary Infant School sits within the Kent local authority, one of 459 primary schools in the county. It is a state-funded, mixed-gender infant school for children aged 4 to 7, with no religious character. Among Kent’s top-performing primary peers, the school is outranked by Stelling Minnis Church of England Primary School, Leigh Academy Dartford, and Temple Ewell Church of England Primary School. However, it holds a strong local position: its most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in 2021, confirmed the school remains Outstanding, a rating first awarded in its 2016 graded inspection. That puts it among just 54 Outstanding primaries in Kent. Its nearest Outstanding neighbour is Upton Junior School, just 0.3 km away. The school is led by headteacher James Williams and has 268 pupils on roll, very close to its capacity of 270. With 17.9% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a community with above-average economic need for the area.

Academically, the school’s Ofsted report from 2016 gave it top marks across the board: overall effectiveness, leadership and management, and early years provision were all rated Outstanding. The early years provision was specifically scored 1 (Outstanding) in the 2016 inspection, and this was maintained in the 2021 ungraded visit. The school does not publish Key Stage 2 SATs results because its pupils leave at age 7, before that assessment point. For context, the Kent local authority average for Key Stage 2 attainment is 63, but this figure applies to schools with older pupils. The school’s Progress 8 measure is not available, as it is not applicable to infant-only settings. What the data does show is a clear trajectory of improvement: the previous graded inspection in 2011 rated the school Good overall, with early years provision at Requires Improvement (score 2). The jump to Outstanding in 2016 and the confirmation in 2021 indicate sustained progress under the current leadership.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a sports hall, gymnasium, playing fields, outdoor playground, sensory room, and a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, dance, football, rounders, tennis, cross country, and cricket, while clubs extend to science, gardening, and drama. For children with additional needs, the school has provisions for social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. Admissions for the 2025/26 year show the school is heavily oversubscribed: 240 applications for 90 places, an oversubscription ratio of 2.67. Of 88 first-preference applications, 84 received offers. This suggests strong local demand, particularly from families seeking an Outstanding-rated infant school with a clear focus on early years development. The school does not have a nursery or sixth form, so it suits families looking for a dedicated infant phase before moving to a junior school at age 7.

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