Trottiscliffe Church of England Primary School

About Trottiscliffe Church of England Primary School

Trottiscliffe Church of England Primary School is a small state primary in the Kent local authority, serving just 85 pupils in the village of Trottiscliffe. Among the 459 primary schools in Kent, it ranks 186th, placing it comfortably in the top half of the county. Its nearest outstanding-rated school is Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase, about 3.7 kilometres away. The top-performing peers in the same local authority include Stelling Minnis Church of England Primary School, Leigh Academy Dartford, and Temple Ewell Church of England Primary School, all of which score higher on the ranking metric used here. Trottiscliffe itself scores 67 out of 100 on the KS2 reading, writing and maths expected standard measure, which puts it in the top 50% of schools nationally. It is a Church of England school with a mixed intake of boys and girls aged 4 to 11, and is led by headteacher Lucy Henderson.

In its most recent graded Ofsted inspection in 2013, the school was rated Good overall, with Good leadership and management. An ungraded inspection in 2022 confirmed that the school remains Good. That is a notable improvement from its previous graded inspection in 2009, when it was rated Requires improvement. Academically, the school’s 2023/24 KS2 results show that 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, which is above the Kent local authority average of 63%. In reading, 92% of pupils reached the expected standard and 50% achieved a higher score. Maths performance was also strong, with 75% at the expected standard and an average scaled score of 108. Writing was the weakest area, with 67% at the expected standard and only 17% reaching the higher standard. The school does not have a sixth form, and its small cohort means progress scores are not published.

The school offers a range of facilities including a gymnasium, sports hall, playing fields, ICT suite, music rooms, a chapel, and a forest school. Sports on offer include football, netball, rounders, gymnastics and cricket, while clubs range from choir and chess to gardening, drama and art club. The school provides support for a wide range of SEND needs, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing impairment and autistic spectrum disorder. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed: it received 39 applications for 12 places, with 11 offers made to first-preference applicants. This is a school that suits families looking for a small, church-affiliated village primary with strong reading outcomes and a broad extracurricular offer, but it is competitive to get into.

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