The Pilgrim School (A Church of England Primary With Nursery)

Academy converter·Primary school Rochester, Medway·ME1 3LF
Composite score
65.6
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#2,508
National rank
#364
In South East
#9
In Medway
Top 17%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
83%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
111.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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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
57%
53 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.77
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
122
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.33
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1 per place
2.1020221.2320231.3020241.4320251.772026

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

Medway 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 The Pilgrim School (A Church of England Primary With Nursery). 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
219
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,218
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

The Pilgrim School (A Church of England Primary With Nursery) at a glance

Located in Rochester, Medway, The Pilgrim School (A Church of England Primary With Nursery) is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 219 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That is down 4.0 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 among the top 17% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 111 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 57% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (53 first choices for 30 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 19.9 pupils per teacher. The Pilgrim School (A Church of England Primary With Nursery) 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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