Great Chart Primary School
Hoxton Close, Singleton, Ashford, TN23 5LB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Wendy Pang
- Constituency
- Ashford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 424
- URN
- 118375
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 07706654504
About this school
Great Chart Primary School is a community primary school in Ashford. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 424 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- 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 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 75% | 75% | 77% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 12% | 15% |
| Expected standard in reading | 85% | 92% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 88% | 93% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 90% | 87% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 109.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 108.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.60 | - | - |
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 Great Chart 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 | 75% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 77% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 420 |
| 2023/24 | 423 |
| 2024/25 | 422 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Great Chart Primary School compares
Great Chart Primary School ranked 78th of 427 primary schools in Kent for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 77% | 3.4% | 17.3% | 424 | — |
| The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary School | 52% | 4.2% | 20.7% | 421 | 0.3 miles |
| Beaver Green Primary School | 63% | 5.4% | 48.8% | 483 | 0.4 miles |
| Ashford Oaks Community Primary School | 34% | 8.3% | 57.3% | 443 | 0.7 miles |
| St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, Ashford | 40% | 4.5% | 19.8% | 208 | 0.8 miles |
| Chilmington Green Primary School | 46% | 6.4% | 33.8% | 297 | 0.9 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.
Inspection history
- 6 June 2023
-
Ungraded inspection report8 December 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.3%
- English as an additional language
- 24.9%
- Overall absence
- 3.41%
- Persistent absence
- 4.64%
Location
Nearby schools
- 0.3 miles
-
Beaver Green Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Ashford
-
Ashford Oaks Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Ashford
-
St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, Ashford0.8 miles
Primary · Ashford
-
Chilmington Green Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Ashford
Other schools in Ashford
Great Chart Primary School ranks 8th of the 39 ranked primary schools in Ashford.
- Aldington Primary School Primary
- Ashford Oaks Community Primary School Primary
- Ashford, St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Beaver Green Primary School Primary
- Bethersden Primary School Primary
- Bodsham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Brabourne Church of England Primary School Primary
- Brook Community Primary School Primary
- Challock Primary School Primary
- Charing Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chilmington Green Primary School Primary
- Downs View Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Great Chart Primary School teach?
- Great Chart Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Ashford.
- Who is the headteacher of Great Chart Primary School?
- The headteacher of Great Chart Primary School is Mrs Wendy Pang, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Great Chart Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Great Chart 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 big is Great Chart Primary School?
- Great Chart Primary School has 424 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Great Chart Primary School full?
- Great Chart Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 424 on roll (101%), 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 Great Chart Primary School a faith school?
- No. Great Chart Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Great Chart Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Great Chart Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Great Chart Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 75% in 2022/23 and 77% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Great Chart Primary School rank locally?
- Great Chart Primary School ranked 78th of 427 primary schools in Kent for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Great Chart Primary School's absence rate?
- Great Chart Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Great Chart Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Great Chart 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.