Ditton Church of England Junior School
Primary school in Aylesford, Kent. Requires improvement (Oct 2019).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 29 October 2019, report published 1 December 2019, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Ditton Church of England Junior School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Ditton Church of England Junior School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around April 2022
The last inspection was in October 2019. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2025 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.1 milesDitton Infant School
Good (Oct 2022)
- 0.6 milesValley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford
Outstanding (May 2023)
- 0.7 milesBrookfield Junior School
School remains Good (Mar 2023)
- 0.7 milesBrookfield Infant School
Good (Apr 2023)
- 0.8 milesLunsford Primary School
School remains Good (Jun 2023)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.