Best Primary Schools in Maidstone

We checked all 47 primary schools in Maidstone, Kent, and list every one: 42 ranked, then 5 without a rank.

Schools checked
47
Ranked
42
Without a rank
5

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 Maidstone. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Maidstone also has 15 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 Ashford, Canterbury, Gravesend, Sevenoaks, Sittingbourne and all of Kent.

Ranked primary schools in Maidstone

  1. Rank 1

    Leigh Academy Molehill

    Academy, 312 pupils, inspected December 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    85%
    Higher standard
    21%
  2. Rank 2

    Leigh Academy Oaks

    Academy, 211 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Strong standard to exceptional
    Expected standard
    89%
    Higher standard
    30%
  3. Rank 3

    Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 437 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    83%
    Higher standard
    28%
  4. Rank 4

    Allington Primary School

    Academy, 466 pupils, inspected July 2022

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    83%
    Higher standard
    14%
  5. Rank 5

    Jubilee Primary School

    Free school, 386 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    81%
    Higher standard
    23%
  6. Rank 6

    Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough

    Academy, 445 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    22%
  7. Rank 7

    Mereworth Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 209 pupils, inspected February 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    81%
    Higher standard
    23%
  8. Rank 8

    South Borough Primary School

    Academy, 448 pupils, inspected January 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    15%
  9. Rank 9

    Leigh Academy Langley Park

    Academy, 448 pupils, inspected June 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    74%
    Higher standard
    16%
  10. Rank 10

    Roseacre Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 424 pupils, inspected March 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    17%
  11. Rank 11

    Archbishop Courtenay Primary School

    Academy, 329 pupils, inspected June 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    74%
    Higher standard
    19%
  12. Rank 12

    Leigh Academy Bearsted

    Free school, 412 pupils, inspected January 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    75%
    Higher standard
    4%
  13. Rank 13

    Hunton Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 106 pupils, inspected September 2011

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    13%
  14. Rank 14

    Leigh Academy Tree Tops

    Academy, 341 pupils, inspected June 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    66%
    Higher standard
    16%
  15. Rank 15

    The Holy Family Catholic Primary School

    Academy, 193 pupils, inspected October 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    76%
    Higher standard
    10%
  16. Rank 16

    Loose Primary School

    Academy, 662 pupils, inspected June 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    74%
    Higher standard
    6%
  17. Rank 17

    Madginford Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 588 pupils, inspected June 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    61%
    Higher standard
    14%
  18. Rank 18

    Wateringbury Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 134 pupils, inspected July 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    66%
    Higher standard
    10%
  19. Rank 19

    Brunswick House Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 420 pupils, inspected February 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    65%
    Higher standard
    10%
  20. Rank 20

    Palace Wood Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 417 pupils, inspected July 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    8%
  21. Rank 21

    Sandling Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 421 pupils, inspected May 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    10%
  22. Rank 22

    Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 180 pupils, inspected March 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    7%
  23. Rank 23

    Kingswood Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 118 pupils, inspected May 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    58%
    Higher standard
    11%
  24. Rank 24

    Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 145 pupils, inspected January 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    56%
    Higher standard
    12%
  25. Rank 25

    North Borough Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 350 pupils, inspected June 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    6%
  26. Rank 26

    Senacre Wood Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 210 pupils, inspected January 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    7%
  27. Rank 27

    Greenfields Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 450 pupils, inspected May 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    12%
  28. Rank 28

    Tiger Primary School

    Free school, 392 pupils, inspected September 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    60%
    Higher standard
    6%
  29. Rank 29

    Platts Heath Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 61 pupils, inspected April 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    56%
    Higher standard
    11%
  30. Rank 30

    Coxheath Primary School

    Academy, 463 pupils, inspected February 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    56%
    Higher standard
    5%
  31. Rank 31

    Hollingbourne Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 96 pupils, inspected February 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    7%
  32. Rank 32

    Laddingford St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 83 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    0%
  33. Rank 33

    East Farleigh Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 199 pupils, inspected June 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to strong standard
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    0%
  34. Rank 34

    Park Way Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 307 pupils, inspected January 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    2%
  35. Rank 35

    Barming Primary School

    Academy, 480 pupils, inspected September 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    48%
    Higher standard
    5%
  36. Rank 36

    West Borough Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 456 pupils, inspected June 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    47%
    Higher standard
    5%
  37. Rank 37

    Lenham Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 204 pupils, inspected December 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    47%
    Higher standard
    3%
  38. Rank 38

    Boughton Monchelsea Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 202 pupils, inspected March 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    47%
    Higher standard
    3%
  39. Rank 39

    Harrietsham Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 393 pupils, inspected February 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    42%
    Higher standard
    2%
  40. Rank 40

    Sutton Valence Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 203 pupils, inspected December 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    54%
    Higher standard
    0%
  41. Rank 41

    Ulcombe Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 54 pupils, inspected April 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    15%
    Higher standard
    0%
  42. Rank 42

    Leeds and Broomfield Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 87 pupils, inspected June 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    7%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Maidstone without a rank