Byron Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Gillingham, Medway·ME7 5XX
Composite score
36.6
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#11,965
National rank
#1788
In South East
#51
In Medway
Top 81%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
51%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
56 first choices, 56 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
139
any preference, for 56 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020220.9320230.9120240.9620251.002026

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

Every child who put Byron Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
521
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
32.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,785
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Byron Primary School is a primary school serving Gillingham, Medway, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 521 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 51% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). Performance is little changed year on 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 103 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Byron Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 56 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 21.9 pupils per teacher. Byron Primary 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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