Headcorn Primary School
Kings Road, Headcorn, TN27 9QT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Miss Sarah Symonds
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 401
- URN
- 118291
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01622891289
About this school
Headcorn Primary School is a community primary school in Headcorn. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 401 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Headcorn Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 60 | 55 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 20% | 10% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 77% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 67% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 40% | 70% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Headcorn Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 62% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 392 |
| 2023/24 | 397 |
| 2024/25 | 395 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Headcorn Primary School compares
Headcorn Primary School ranked 252nd of 427 primary schools in Kent for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 6.5% | 26.3% | 401 | — |
| Frittenden Church of England Primary School | 73% | 6.6% | 17.4% | 100 | 2.5 miles |
| Ulcombe Church of England Primary School | 15% | 20.4% | 60% | 54 | 3.0 miles |
| Staplehurst School | 42% | 6.8% | 23.8% | 398 | 3.1 miles |
| Smarden Primary School | 89% | 3.4% | 14.9% | 172 | 3.3 miles |
| Sutton Valence Primary School | 54% | 7.2% | 28.8% | 203 | 3.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.33%
- English as an additional language
- 5.6%
- Overall absence
- 6.5%
- Persistent absence
- 20.67%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Frittenden Church of England Primary School2.5 miles
Primary · Cranbrook
-
Ulcombe Church of England Primary School3.0 miles
Primary · Maidstone
-
Staplehurst School3.1 miles
Primary · Tonbridge
-
Smarden Primary School3.3 miles
Primary · Ashford
-
Sutton Valence Primary School3.4 miles
Primary · Maidstone
Common questions
- What ages does Headcorn Primary School teach?
- Headcorn Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Headcorn.
- Who is the head teacher of Headcorn Primary School?
- The head teacher of Headcorn Primary School is Miss Sarah Symonds, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Headcorn Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Headcorn Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Headcorn Primary School?
- Headcorn Primary School has 401 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Headcorn Primary School full?
- Headcorn Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 401 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Headcorn Primary School a faith school?
- No. Headcorn Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Headcorn Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Headcorn Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Headcorn Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 62% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Headcorn Primary School compare with other schools in Kent?
- Headcorn Primary School ranked 252nd of 427 primary schools in Kent for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Headcorn Primary School's absence rate?
- Headcorn Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Headcorn Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Headcorn Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.