Deanwood Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Gillingham, Medway·ME8 9TX
Composite score
26.4
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#13,905
National rank
#2059
In South East
#59
In Medway
Top 94%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
28%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
26 first choices, 26 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
92
any preference, for 26 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.1020230.9520240.9620251.002026

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

Every child who put Deanwood 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
248
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.7%
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
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,687
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Deanwood Primary School is a primary school serving Gillingham, Medway, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 248 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 28% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 35.0 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 99 in reading and 98 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Deanwood Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 26 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 21.3 pupils per teacher. Deanwood 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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