Aycliffe Community Primary School, Dover

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils at Aycliffe Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 62% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 73% in Kent and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 55% in reading and 55% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 17 families put Aycliffe Community Primary School as their first choice and 21 named it as one of their preferences, for 18 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Aycliffe Community Primary School are St Martin's School (0.8 miles, Good, 73% reading, 77% maths); Vale View Community School (0.9 miles, Good, 64% reading, 64% maths); Priory Fields School (1.2 miles, Good, 63% reading, 63% maths); and White Cliffs Primary and Nursery School (1.4 miles, Good, 67% reading, 67% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Aycliffe Community Primary School.

62.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 8.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (90%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 17 pupils (20.7%) received SEN support and 8 (9.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Aycliffe Community Primary School had 7 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Dover Priory Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primary School (opposite), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Aycliffe Community Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 58 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Kent (101).

In 2024/25, Aycliffe Community Primary School issued 7 suspensions, 8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Aycliffe Community Primary School are Astor Secondary School (1 mile), Dover Grammar School for Boys (1.1 miles) and Dover Grammar School for Girls (1.7 miles).