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Gordons Children's Academy, Junior

  • 7–11Ages
  • 263Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 140606URN

Gordon Road, Strood, Rochester, ME2 3HQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
65%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 27 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

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 did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 71% · Maths 75% → all three 65% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard65%27th of 53 in Medway
Reading
Expected standard83%
Higher standard33%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard71%
Greater depth3%
Maths
Expected standard75%
Higher standard24%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Medway median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2565%1%106104
2023/2467%10%106106
2022/2358%16%105104

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

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
140606 · 887/2009
Trust
The Thinking Schools Academy Trust
Capacity
400 pupils · 263 on roll
Free school meals
32.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2014
Replaced
Gordon Junior School (URN 118331)
Address
Gordon Road, Strood, Rochester, ME2 3HQ
Local authority
Medway

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