Shears Green Junior School

Foundation school·Primary school Gravesend, Kent·DA11 7JB
Composite score
42.0
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#10,201
National rank
#1522
In South East
#307
In Kent
Top 69%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
52%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

School profile

Age range
7–11
Pupils on roll
492
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,097
Typical primary: £6,960

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About Shears Green Junior School

Shears Green Junior School is a primary school in Gravesend, Kent, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 492 pupils aged 7 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 13.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Overall pupil absence was 6.7%. There are about 21.0 pupils per teacher. Shears Green Junior School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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