Cedar Children's Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Rochester, Medway·ME2 2JP
Composite score
40.6
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#10,747
National rank
#1609
In South East
#45
In Medway
Top 73%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
61 first choices, 66 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
128
any preference, for 66 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120220.9420230.9720241.0020250.922026

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

Every child who put Cedar Children's Academy 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
652
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
12.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,952
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Cedar Children's Academy

Cedar Children's Academy is a primary school in Rochester, Medway, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 652 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 57% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 4.0 percentage points compared with 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 104 in reading and 104 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 Cedar Children's Academy their first choice was offered one of its 66 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 24.5 pupils per teacher. Cedar Children's Academy 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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