The Street, Cobham, Gravesend, Kent DA12 3BN
10 reasons to choose Cobham Primary School
Top line
Cobham Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the best state primary schools in Gravesend and one of the 4 best independent or state primaries within 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Cobham Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2024) inspection. It is one of the 20 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Kent LEA.
Average class size
Cobham Primary School has one class per year, and an average class size of 31 pupils.
Exam results and leavers' destinations
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Cobham Primary School ranks in the top 9% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 24% of schools. Pupils go on to one of ten or eleven secondary schools. 10% go to some academically selective private & state schools.
The Cobham Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, philosophy, French. Subjects are taught separately with some cross-curricular linking. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Cobham Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Cobham Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.45am to 3.15pm. Breakfast club from 7.30am (external contractor) and after school clubs may extend the day to 4.15pm.
Find another school near Cobham Primary School
Gad’s Hill Kindergarten & Junior School (3.3 miles); Bronte School (4.6 miles); King’s Rochester Prep & Pre-Prep Schools (5.6 miles).
The Pilgrim School (3.6 miles); St William of Perth Catholic Primary School, Rochester (5.6 miles); Our Lady of Hartley Catholic Primary School (5.8 miles).
Cobham Hall (0.6 miles); Gad’s Hill School (3.3 miles); The King’s School, Rochester (5.3 miles).
Gravesend Grammar School (4.3 miles); Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend (4.6 miles); The Rochester Grammar School (6 miles).