Halstead Community Primary School
Otford Lane, Halstead, Sevenoaks, TN14 7EA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE PIONEER ACADEMY
- Headteacher
- Mrs Heather Hepworth
- Sponsor
- The Pioneer Academy
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 195
- Pupils on roll
- 55
- URN
- 148876
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01959532224
About this school
Halstead Community Primary School is a primary academy in Sevenoaks. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 55 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. 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
- 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 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | - | 86% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | - | 100% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | - | 100% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 88% | - | 100% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | - | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | - | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| 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 Halstead Community 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 | 63% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 86% | 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 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 54 |
| 2023/24 | 47 |
| 2024/25 | 37 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Halstead Community Primary School compares
Halstead Community Primary School ranked 23rd of 427 primary schools in Kent for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 86% | 10.3% | 43.2% | 55 | — |
| Pratts Bottom Primary School | 56% | 6.8% | 8.7% | 67 | 1.1 miles |
| Shoreham Village School | — | — | — | 90 | 1.9 miles |
| St Katharine's Knockholt Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 78% | 5.4% | 8.5% | 182 | 1.9 miles |
| Chelsfield Primary School | 27% | 6.5% | 27.8% | 97 | 2.0 miles |
| The Highway Primary School | 67% | 5.7% | 20.3% | 207 | 2.4 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)
- 43.24%
- English as an additional language
- 8.1%
- Overall absence
- 10.27%
- Persistent absence
- 39.47%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Pratts Bottom Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Orpington
-
Shoreham Village School1.9 miles
Primary · Sevenoaks
-
St Katharine's Knockholt Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Sevenoaks
-
Chelsfield Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Orpington
-
The Highway Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Orpington
Other schools in Sevenoaks
Halstead Community Primary School ranks 2nd of the 21 ranked primary schools in Sevenoaks.
- Amherst School Primary
- Borough Green Primary School Primary
- Chevening, St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Dunton Green Primary School Primary
- Ide Hill Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ightham Primary School Primary
- Kemsing Primary School Primary
- Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Sevenoaks Primary
- Otford Primary School Primary
- Platt Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Plaxtol Primary School Primary
- Seal Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Halstead Community Primary School teach?
- Halstead Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Sevenoaks.
- Who is the headteacher of Halstead Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Halstead Community Primary School is Mrs Heather Hepworth, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Halstead Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Halstead Community 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 Halstead Community Primary School?
- Halstead Community Primary School has 55 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Halstead Community Primary School full?
- Halstead Community Primary School has capacity for 195 pupils and 55 on roll (28%), so it has space against 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 Halstead Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Halstead Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Halstead Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Halstead Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Halstead Community Primary School?
- Halstead Community Primary School is part of THE PIONEER ACADEMY. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Halstead Community Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Halstead Community Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Halstead Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 86% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Halstead Community Primary School rank locally?
- Halstead Community Primary School ranked 23rd of 427 primary schools in Kent for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Halstead Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Halstead Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 10.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Halstead Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Halstead Community 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 10 July 2026.