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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 12 February 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 11 September 2019Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry72 applications · 28 places offered · 28 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Medway median median 2.5
- 2025 2.5; Medway median median 2.8
- 2024 4.6; Medway median median 2.8
- 2023 3.1; Medway median median 2.2
- 2022 2.8; Medway median median 2.2
- 2021 2.4; Medway median median 2.1
- 2020 2.3; Medway median median 2.1
- 2019 1.6; Medway median median 2.2
- 2018 1.9; Medway median median 2.0
- 2017 1.5; Medway median median 2.0
- 2016 2.2; Medway median median 2.2
- 2015 3.2; Medway median median 2.2
- 2014 2.0; Medway median median 2.1
- 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 | 28 | 72 | 2.6 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 23 | 58 | 2.5 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 22 | 101 | 4.6 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 94 | 3.1 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 84 | 2.8 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 72 | 2.4 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 69 | 2.3 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 25 | 41 | 1.6 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 26 | 48 | 1.9 | 21 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 46 | 1.5 | 21 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 65 | 2.2 | 23 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 96 | 3.2 | 42 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2014 | 30 | 61 | 2.0 | 32 | 1.07 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 72% · Writing 79% · Maths 83% → all three 66% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Medway median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 66% | 10% | 106 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 3% | 104 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 67% | 10% | 104 | 102 |
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
- Kingfisher Community Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.6applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · MedwaySpecial measures 20252.4applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · MedwayGood20222.2applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · MedwayGood20231.6applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · MedwayRemains Good20222.4applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20242.5applications per place
- 1.7 km · MedwayGood20232.9applications per place
- 1.9 km · MedwayRemains Good20231.9applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · MedwayGood20232.4applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 139927 · 887/2003
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 208 on roll
- Free school meals
- 35.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2013
- Replaced
- Kingfisher Community Primary School (URN 118567)
- Address
- Kingfisher Drive, Princes Park, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 7NX
- Local authority
- Medway
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources