Best Primary Schools in Gravesend

We checked all 27 primary schools in Gravesend, Kent, and list every one: 24 ranked, then 3 without a rank.

Schools checked
27
Ranked
24
Without a rank
3

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Gravesend. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Gravesend also has 9 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Kent. Kent also has rankings for Maidstone, Ashford, Canterbury, Sevenoaks, Sittingbourne and all of Kent.

Ranked primary schools in Gravesend

  1. Rank 1

    Cobham Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 218 pupils, inspected April 2024

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    83%
    Higher standard
    30%
  2. Rank 2

    Painters Ash Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 391 pupils, inspected June 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    17%
  3. Rank 3

    St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Northfleet

    Academy, 217 pupils, inspected January 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    58%
    Higher standard
    23%
  4. Rank 4

    St John's Catholic Primary School, Gravesend

    Academy, 869 pupils, inspected July 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    23%
  5. Rank 5

    Istead Rise Primary School

    Academy, 211 pupils, inspected September 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    83%
    Higher standard
    7%
  6. Rank 6

    Tymberwood Academy

    Academy, 394 pupils, inspected February 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    14%
  7. Rank 7

    King's Farm Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 468 pupils, inspected May 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    12%
  8. Rank 7

    Shorne Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 211 pupils, inspected October 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    14%
  9. Rank 9

    Sedley's Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 98 pupils, inspected July 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    7%
  10. Rank 10

    St Botolph's Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 422 pupils, inspected September 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    13%
  11. Rank 11

    Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School

    Local authority maintained, 442 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    61%
    Higher standard
    9%
  12. Rank 12

    Wrotham Road Primary School

    Academy, 454 pupils, inspected July 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    5%
  13. Rank 13

    Singlewell Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 402 pupils, inspected January 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    14%
  14. Rank 14

    Copperfield Academy

    Academy, 459 pupils, inspected December 2025

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    72%
    Higher standard
    7%
  15. Rank 15

    Rosherville Church of England Academy

    Academy, 155 pupils, inspected September 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    15%
  16. Rank 16

    Vigo Village School

    Local authority maintained, 134 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    72%
    Higher standard
    0%
  17. Rank 17

    Meopham Community Academy

    Academy, 459 pupils, inspected November 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    56%
    Higher standard
    6%
  18. Rank 18

    Shears Green Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 493 pupils, inspected October 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    52%
    Higher standard
    7%
  19. Rank 19

    Culverstone Green Primary School

    Academy, 207 pupils, inspected June 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    52%
    Higher standard
    10%
  20. Rank 20

    Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 458 pupils, inspected September 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    46%
    Higher standard
    7%
  21. Rank 21

    Westcourt Primary School

    Academy, 285 pupils, inspected March 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    47%
    Higher standard
    3%
  22. Rank 22

    Chantry Community Primary School

    Academy, 441 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    45%
    Higher standard
    0%
  23. Rank 23

    Lawn Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 237 pupils, inspected July 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    31%
    Higher standard
    3%
  24. Rank 24

    Whitehill Primary School

    Academy, 515 pupils, inspected February 2024

    Ofsted: Requires improvement
    Expected standard
    42%
    Higher standard
    9%

Primary schools in Gravesend without a rank