Aylesham Primary School
Attlee Avenue, Aylesham, Canterbury, CT3 3BS
This school is closed (it closed in January 2025).
It was replaced by Aylesham Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Darran Callaghan
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 381
- URN
- 118563
- Local authority
- Kent
About this school
Aylesham Primary School was a community primary school in Canterbury. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 381 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Aylesham Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 56 | 57 | 54 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 30% | 43% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 4% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 48% | 53% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 39% | 49% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 38% | 33% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.70 | - | - |
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 Aylesham 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 | 30% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 391 |
| 2023/24 | 375 |
| 2024/25 | 381 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Aylesham Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 6.7% | 40.9% | 381 | — |
| Aylesham Primary School | — | — | — | 382 | 0.0 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Aylesham | 71% | 8% | 33.1% | 140 | 0.5 miles |
| Adisham Church of England Primary School | 75% | 3.6% | 24.5% | 101 | 1.0 miles |
| Nonington Church of England Primary School | 0% | 13% | 63.8% | 45 | 1.2 miles |
| Goodnestone Church of England Primary School | 33% | 7% | 7.3% | 48 | 1.9 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 40.94%
- English as an additional language
- 14.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.7%
- Persistent absence
- 22.47%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Aylesham Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Canterbury
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Aylesham0.5 miles
Primary · Canterbury
-
Adisham Church of England Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Canterbury
-
Nonington Church of England Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Dover
-
Goodnestone Church of England Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Canterbury
Other schools in Canterbury
- Adisham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ash Cartwright and Kelsey Church of England Primary School Primary
- Aylesham Primary School Primary
- Barham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Blean Primary School Primary
- Bridge and Patrixbourne Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chartham Primary School Primary
- Chilham, St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Chislet Church of England Primary School Primary
- Elham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Goodnestone Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hoath Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Aylesham Primary School teach?
- Aylesham Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Canterbury.
- Has Aylesham Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Aylesham Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Aylesham Primary School?
- Aylesham Primary School had 381 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Aylesham Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 30% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Aylesham Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Aylesham 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 8 July 2025.