Sevenoaks schools news
Sevenoaks schools news, newest first: Ofsted inspections, places and admissions, results days and school building plans, each linked to the report.
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Ightham Primary graded strong in all seven Ofsted areas
Inspectors found attendance extremely high and pupils achieving highly at the 206-pupil village school, with safeguarding met and no area needing attention.
Term dates
Half Term
Kent School Term Dates 2026/27: Ten Schools, Ten Calendars
Kent's half term is 26 to 30 October, but nine of the ten Sevenoaks schools we checked finish on 16 October, and six break up for Christmas on 10 December.
Council
Sevenoaks Secondary School Places: Five Deadlines, Not One
Kent's deadline is 2 November, but Knole Academy's arts places close on 7 October and both grammar schools with Sevenoaks campuses still print 31 October.
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News
Sevenoaks nursery Ofsted: strong marks for two new settings
Faith Nursery at Brandshatch Park scored 'strong' in all six areas of its first Ofsted report card; Kids Planet Sevenoaks met every standard in its own.
Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks GCSE results 2026: 42 grade 9s at Trinity
Trinity logged 42 grades at 9 and Sevenoaks School put 47 per cent of all entries there. Every figure five schools published, and the rows that judge them.
Community
Halstead Nursery graded strong in all six Ofsted areas
Ofsted grades the 40-place Halstead village nursery strong standard in all six areas, with safeguarding met, at its first inspection since re-registering.
Planning
Sevenoaks School boarding house: listed consent granted
Listed consent for 18 en-suite bedrooms and lifts across six High Street houses was granted on 10 August, over the conservation officer and Town Council.
Knockholt
Knockholt fostering agency All4u rated Good by Ofsted
Ofsted rates the Knockholt agency, which places 57 children with 47 households, Good in all three areas, down from Outstanding in 2023, with two requirements.
Edenbridge
The View School Edenbridge: strong in three Ofsted areas
Behaviour, inclusion and personal development are above the expected standard at the Edenbridge special school, where Ofsted found 27 pupils on roll against 26.
Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks A level results 2026: Trinity's best ever again
Trinity reports its best ever A levels and Walthamstow Hall 50.7 per cent at A*/A. Every figure Sevenoaks schools published, and how the South East compares.
Swanley
Oaks Day Nursery Swanley: strong in two Ofsted areas
Ofsted puts achievement and inclusion above the expected standard at the 39-place Swanley nursery, safeguarding met. What the June inspection found.
Sevenoaks
Lady Boswell's Sevenoaks: strong in all seven Ofsted areas
Ofsted graded the Sevenoaks primary at a strong standard in all seven areas, from achievement to governance, and found safeguarding met. Published 23 July.