Alkerden Church of England Academy

All-through · ages 3-18MixedFree school128 pupilsSixth formNurseryKent

School Chooser ScoreNot scoredThere isn't enough published data yet. To get a score, a school needs results or an inspection plus at least one other figure.

Pupils from low-income families30%A bit more than most schools

Pupils per teacher16.8School workforce census

Pupils on roll128Census January 2026

Alkerden Church of England Academy is a free school in Ebbsfleet Valley for boys and girls aged 3 to 18. It has 128 pupils. About 30 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.

Colyer Drive, Ebbsfleet Valley, DA10 1HN01987 591477alkerdenacademy.co.ukMrs Laura Carey headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.

Results

No published results yet for this school.

Getting a place

Open to all. There is no entrance test.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Kent council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.

Pupils on roll128Census January 2026

Pupils from low-income families30%30% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years

Pupils learning English12%First language is not English

Pupils getting extra support31%40 pupils with SEN support

Pupils with an EHC plan3%4 pupils with a plan

Average class size25.65 classes, January 2026; England 22.8

Classes with more than 30 pupils0%share of one-teacher classes; England 12%

Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)30%£40,700 extra funding in 2026/27; England 30%

Boys and girls69 / 59

White British pupils66%

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (23), language and communications needs (7), Specific learning difficulty (6), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (5), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Moderate learning difficulty (1).

Staff

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.

Teachers7.6full-time equivalent, 8 people

Pupils per teacher16.8Pupils for every full-time teacher

Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status

Teaching assistants2.9full-time equivalent

Average teacher pay£60,866

Vacancies0

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m16112 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences

Local crime rate72 per 1,000 people21% lower than the England average

Typical house price£370,000Dartford

Nearest bus stop300 mPortbridge Gardens, 7 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored

School	Type	Distance	Pupils	Ofsted	Score
Leigh Academy Cherry Orchard	Academy	740 m	447	Outstanding 2021	98	Compare
The Craylands School	Council	860 m	414	Not inspected	81	Compare
Manor Community Primary School	Academy	950 m	692	Good 2024	55	Compare
Knockhall Primary School	Academy	0.7 miles	387	Report card 2026	18	Compare
Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet	Academy	0.7 miles	788	Good 2019	36	Compare
Ebbsfleet Green Primary School	Free school	0.7 miles	451	Good 2023	97	Compare
Bean Primary School	Council	1.1 miles	204	Good 2019	59	Compare
Springhead Park Primary School	Free school	1.5 miles	438	Good 2023	41	Compare

Secondary schools in Kent Best secondary schools in England

Questions parents ask

Is Alkerden Church of England Academy a good school?

We don't have enough published data to score Alkerden Church of England Academy yet.

How many pupils does Alkerden Church of England Academy have?

128 pupils aged 3 to 18 were on the roll in January 2026.

How big are the classes at Alkerden Church of England Academy?

The average class had 25.6 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 22.8. No class had more than 30 pupils.

Does Alkerden Church of England Academy have a sixth form?

Yes.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address: Colyer Drive, Ebbsfleet Valley, DA10 1HN
Telephone: 01987 591477
Website: www.alkerdenacademy.co.uk
Headteacher: Mrs Laura Carey
Type of school: Free school (Free schools, free schools)
Phase: All-through school, ages 3-18, with nursery, with sixth form
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None
Multi-academy trust: Aletheia Academies Trust (16 schools)
Local authority: Kent
Ward: Ebbsfleet
Constituency: Dartford
Setting: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened: 1 September 2025 (academy free school)
URN: 150538 · LAESTAB 8864035 · UKPRN 10098669

Official record Government performance tables Download this school's data (CSV)

Where these figures come from

School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
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