Rodmersham School

Community school·Primary school Sittingbourne, Kent·ME9 0PS
Composite score
53.8
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#5,898
National rank
#879
In South East
#197
In Kent
Top 40%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
59%
17 first choices, 10 places
First choices per place
1.70
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
68
any preference, for 10 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.27
00.511.52
1 per place
0.7520221.2520231.1020241.4320251.702026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Kent does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Rodmersham School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
131
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,145
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Rodmersham School

Rodmersham School is a primary school in Sittingbourne, Kent, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 131 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 6.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 40% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 59% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (17 first choices for 10 places). Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 18.7 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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