Whitfield Aspen School
Mayfield Road, Whitfield, Dover, CT16 3LJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Jason Cook
- SEN provision
- PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 682
- Pupils on roll
- 662
- URN
- 118459
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01304821526
About this school
Whitfield Aspen School is a community primary school in Dover. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 662 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Whitfield Aspen 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 | 82 | 82 | 80 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 46% | 43% | 46% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 1% | 2% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 56% | 48% | 61% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 52% | 55% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 61% | 44% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - | - |
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 Whitfield Aspen 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 | 46% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 46% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 585 |
| 2023/24 | 610 |
| 2024/25 | 630 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Whitfield Aspen School compares
Whitfield Aspen School ranked 373rd of 427 primary schools in Kent for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46% | 6.4% | 37.8% | 662 | — |
| Green Park Community Primary School | 35% | 6.2% | 56.1% | 374 | 1.0 miles |
| Temple Ewell Church of England Primary School | 81% | 4.3% | 20% | 154 | 1.2 miles |
| River Primary School | 62% | 4.1% | 22.3% | 384 | 1.3 miles |
| Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School | — | 6.8% | 47.2% | 138 | 1.4 miles |
| Barton Junior School | 66% | 6.5% | 51.9% | 202 | 1.7 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.84%
- English as an additional language
- 4.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.37%
- Persistent absence
- 18.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Green Park Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Dover
-
Temple Ewell Church of England Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Dover
-
River Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Dover
-
Shatterlocks Infant and Nursery School1.4 miles
Primary · Dover
-
Barton Junior School1.7 miles
Primary · Dover
Other schools in Dover
Whitfield Aspen School ranks 15th of the 20 ranked primary schools in Dover.
- Aycliffe Community Primary School Primary
- Barton Junior School Primary
- Charlton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Dover, St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Eythorne Elvington Community Primary School Primary
- Green Park Community Primary School Primary
- Guston Church of England Primary School Primary
- Langdon Primary School Primary
- Lydden Primary School Primary
- Nonington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Priory Fields School Primary
- River Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Whitfield Aspen School teach?
- Whitfield Aspen School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Dover.
- Who is the headteacher of Whitfield Aspen School?
- The headteacher of Whitfield Aspen School is Mr Jason Cook, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Whitfield Aspen School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Whitfield Aspen 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 Whitfield Aspen School?
- Whitfield Aspen School has 662 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Whitfield Aspen School full?
- Whitfield Aspen School has capacity for 682 pupils and 662 on roll (97%), 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 Whitfield Aspen School a faith school?
- No. Whitfield Aspen School has no designated religious character.
- Does Whitfield Aspen School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Whitfield Aspen School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Whitfield Aspen School have?
- The schools register lists Whitfield Aspen School's special educational needs provision as: PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Whitfield Aspen School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 46% in 2022/23 and 46% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Whitfield Aspen School compare with other schools in Kent?
- Whitfield Aspen School ranked 373rd of 427 primary schools in Kent for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Whitfield Aspen School's absence rate?
- Whitfield Aspen School's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Whitfield Aspen School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Whitfield Aspen 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.