Academy converter · Medway

Cliffe Woods Primary School

4–11Ages
421Pupils
PrimaryPhase
136859URN

View Road, Cliffe Woods, Rochester, ME3 8UJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.9per place

0.5 above Medway median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Medway

176 applications for 60 places · 21st of 62 in Medway

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

53%met the expected standard

Medway 65% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 1 April 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.9applications per place, Reception

0.5 above Medway median (2.5) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

176 applications · 60 places offered · 62 named it first

2026 2.9; Medway median median 2.5
2025 2.8; Medway median median 2.8
2024 3.1; Medway median median 2.8
2023 3.3; Medway median median 2.2
2022 3.2; Medway median median 2.2
2021 2.7; Medway median median 2.1
2020 3.1; Medway median median 2.1
2019 2.7; Medway median median 2.2
2018 2.2; Medway median median 2.0
2017 2.0; Medway median median 2.0
2016 3.3; Medway median median 2.2
2015 2.6; Medway median median 2.2
2014 2.4; Medway median median 2.1

More applications per place than the Medway median in 12 of 13 years.

This school
Medway median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	60	176	2.9	62	1.03
Sep 2025	59	163	2.8	60	1.02
Sep 2024	59	180	3.1	57	0.97
Sep 2023	60	199	3.3	88	1.47
Sep 2022	60	193	3.2	75	1.25
Sep 2021	60	164	2.7	78	1.30
Sep 2020	59	181	3.1	109	1.85
Sep 2019	60	162	2.7	79	1.32
Sep 2018	59	130	2.2	67	1.14
Sep 2017	60	117	2.0	61	1.02
Sep 2016	45	148	3.3	68	1.51
Sep 2015	45	116	2.6	66	1.47
Sep 2014	45	107	2.4	54	1.20

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 68% · Writing 87% · Maths 65% → all three 53% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard53%40th of 53 in Medway

Medway 65% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard68%

Medway 74% England 78%

Higher standard33%

Medway 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard87%

Medway 77% England 75%

Greater depth20%

Medway 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard65%

Medway 73% England 77%

Higher standard27%

Medway 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Medway median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	53%	15%	105	103
2023/24	62%	5%	106	104
2022/23	72%	11%	107	106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Cliffe Woods Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Chattenden Primary School
2.4 km · Medway

Good2024

3.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
St Helen's Church of England Primary School, Cliffe
2.6 km · Medway

Standards maintained2024

2.2applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Wainscott Primary School
3.1 km · Medway

Good2024

2.5applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Higham Primary School
3.2 km · Kent

Good2024

3.0applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Temple Mill Primary School
3.3 km · Medway

Remains Good2024

4.3applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Hilltop Primary School
3.4 km · Medway

Remains Good2022

3.0applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the Marlborough
3.7 km · Medway

Good2024

1.8applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School
3.8 km · Medway

Good2023

2.4applications per place

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 136859 · 887/2588
Trust: Aletheia Academies Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 421 on roll
Free school meals: 5.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 July 2011
Replaced: Cliffe Woods Primary School (URN 118527)
Address: View Road, Cliffe Woods, Rochester, ME3 8UJ
Local authority: Medway

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources