Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 21 June 2023Graded inspection: Good
- 24 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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 · 2024/25Reading 71% · Writing 70% · Maths 64% → all three 56% 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 | 56% | 4% | 104 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 1% | 104 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 58% | 2% | 105 | 103 |
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
- Bligh Primary School (Juniors)This schoolThis schoolGood202356%met the SATs standard
- 0.0 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place
- 1.0 km · MedwayGood20223.3applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · MedwayStandards maintained20241.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · MedwayGood202265%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · MedwayGood20222.1applications per place
- 1.9 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20253.2applications per place
- 2.2 km · MedwaySome aspects not as strong20253.4applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · Medway20261.9applications per place
- 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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144566 · 887/2492
- Capacity
- 330 pupils · 343 on roll
- Free school meals
- 41.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2017
- Replaced
- Bligh Junior School (URN 118470)
- Address
- Bligh Way, Strood, Rochester, ME2 2XJ
- Local authority
- Medway
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources