Ethelbert Road Primary School
Ethelbert Road, Faversham, ME13 8SQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Michele Kirkbride
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 209
- URN
- 118337
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01795533124
About this school
Ethelbert Road Primary School is a community primary school in Faversham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 209 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Ethelbert Road 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
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 31 | 30 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 80% | 79% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 20% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 97% | 83% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 80% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 90% | 83% | 86% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 111.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.30 | - | - |
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 Ethelbert Road 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 | 71% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 80% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 79% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 2.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 209 |
| 2023/24 | 206 |
| 2024/25 | 208 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ethelbert Road Primary School compares
Ethelbert Road Primary School ranked 66th of 427 primary schools in Kent for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 98% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 79% | 2.9% | 6.3% | 209 | — |
| Ospringe Church of England Primary School | 69% | 7.1% | 36.1% | 209 | 0.5 miles |
| St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) Primary School | 45% | 5.4% | 39.3% | 208 | 0.7 miles |
| Bysing Wood Primary School | 39% | 10% | 55.1% | 245 | 0.7 miles |
| Davington Primary School | 70% | 5.3% | 22.8% | 415 | 0.7 miles |
| Luddenham School | 37% | 4.8% | 27.7% | 200 | 1.5 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)
- 6.25%
- English as an additional language
- 10.6%
- Overall absence
- 2.94%
- Persistent absence
- 2.79%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ospringe Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Faversham
-
St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Faversham
-
Bysing Wood Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Faversham
-
Davington Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Faversham
-
Luddenham School1.5 miles
Primary · Faversham
Other schools in Faversham
Ethelbert Road Primary School ranks 2nd of the 12 ranked primary schools in Faversham.
- Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School Primary
- Bysing Wood Primary School Primary
- Davington Primary School Primary
- Eastling Primary School Primary
- Graveney Primary School Primary
- Hernhill Church of England Primary School Primary
- Luddenham School Primary
- Ospringe Church of England Primary School Primary
- Selling Church of England Primary School Primary
- Sheldwich Primary School Primary
- St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) Primary School Primary
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Ethelbert Road Primary School teach?
- Ethelbert Road Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Faversham.
- Who is the headteacher of Ethelbert Road Primary School?
- The headteacher of Ethelbert Road Primary School is Mrs Michele Kirkbride, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Ethelbert Road Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ethelbert Road 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 Ethelbert Road Primary School?
- Ethelbert Road Primary School has 209 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Ethelbert Road Primary School full?
- Ethelbert Road Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 209 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Ethelbert Road Primary School a faith school?
- No. Ethelbert Road Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Ethelbert Road Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Ethelbert Road Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Ethelbert Road Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 79% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ethelbert Road Primary School compare with other schools in Kent?
- Ethelbert Road Primary School ranked 66th of 427 primary schools in Kent for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 98% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ethelbert Road Primary School's absence rate?
- Ethelbert Road Primary School's overall absence rate is 2.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ethelbert Road Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ethelbert Road 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 6 July 2026.