New Ash Green Primary School
General Information
- Address: North Square, New Ash Green, Longfield, DA3 8JT – View on map
- Phone: 01474873858
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Cain
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 53 families put it first for 56 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 73
- % eligible for free school meals: 18.3%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Sevenoaks average)
- English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 5.5% a year (Sevenoaks 16.7%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Kent: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 21 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
- Suspensions for bullying: 32 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Kent (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 7.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 15 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 14 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 11 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 45% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 24 percentage points below the Sevenoaks average (69%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 56% against an expected 66%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 56%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 61% · Writing 67% · Maths 55% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 61%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 100
- Based on: 49 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 37th of 39 junior and primary schools in the area
- #35Penshurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School50%
- #36Hever Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School46%
- #37New Ash Green Primary School45%
- #38Dunton Green Primary School43%
- #39Crockenhill Primary School41%
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17th of 31 primary schools in Sevenoaks for Ofsted rating
- #15Kemsing Primary SchoolGood
- #16Leigh Primary SchoolGood
- #17New Ash Green Primary SchoolGood
- #18Otford Primary SchoolGood
- #19Penshurst Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,429 (2024-25)
26th of 40 primary schools in Sevenoaks for spending per pupil
- #24Ide Hill Church of England Primary School£6,540
- #25Crockenhill Primary School£6,505
- #26New Ash Green Primary School£6,429
- #27St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£6,337
- #28Lady Boswell's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Sevenoaks£6,321
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