Thames View Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Gillingham, Medway·ME8 7DX
Composite score
55.5
Compare Thames View Primary School with another school
#5,360
National rank
#790
In South East
#21
In Medway
Top 36%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
80%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

Legacy framework · Read full report ↗

Overall effectiveness
Good
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
69%
87 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.45
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
209
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.40
00.511.52
1 per place
1.2820221.1320231.1320241.0520251.452026

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 Thames View Primary School. 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
457
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,353
Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Location

Thames View Primary School at a glance

Located in Gillingham, Medway, Thames View Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 457 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 3.0 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 top 36% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 69% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (87 first choices for 60 places). Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 22.0 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.

Compare Thames View Primary School with another school