Lansdowne Primary School, Sittingbourne

Overview

Lansdowne Primary School is a state-funded school (academy sponsor led) in Sittingbourne, South East, for pupils aged 4–11. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type: Academy sponsor led
Establishment group: Academies
Phase of education: Primary
Age range: Ages 4–11
Gender of entry: Mixed
Boarding: No boarders
Sixth form: No
School capacity: 420
Pupils on roll: 415
URN: 141548

Admissions

Local authority: Kent
Academy trust or group: THE STOUR ACADEMY TRUST

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School places

DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)

Capacity at survey date: 420
Pupils on roll: 410
Unfilled places at survey date: 10

A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data

Official admissions data

Applications & demand

Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.

2026/27 admissions · Reception

First preferences: 67
Total preferences: 125
Offers made: 60

First preferences compared with offers

1.12 first preferences per offer

67 first preferences and 60 offers were recorded for 2026/27.

What does this mean?

This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.

First preferences over time

Latest five available admissions years. Missing years are not estimated.

Admissions history

Admissions year	First preferences	Total preferences	Offers made
2026/27	67	125	60
2025/26	58	125	59
2024/25	49	108	53
2023/24	60	110	60
2022/23	44	82	45

Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.

Official performance data

School performance

Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.

Primary

2024/25 results

Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard
School
73%
England
62%
Pupils included: 59
Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard
School
2%
England
8%
Pupils included: 59

Source: Department for Education · School performance data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 13 December 2022 · Published 8 February 2023

Original education inspection framework (September 2019 to August 2024)

Overall effectiveness

Good

This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.

Quality of education: Good
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
Personal development: Outstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding
Safeguarding was effective: Yes
Early years provision (where applicable): Outstanding

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School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.

Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

SEND and additional needs

Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.

ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Location

Address: Gladstone Drive, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 3BH
Local authority: Kent
Area: Schools in Swale

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