St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Rochester, Medway·ME1 1YF
Composite score
67.7
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#2,123
National rank
#301
In South East
#7
In Medway
Top 14%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
79%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
74%
35 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
1.25
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
124
any preference, for 28 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
00.511.52
1 per place
0.9720221.7020231.1320241.2320251.252026

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 St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled 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
218
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
37.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
28.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
24.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,809
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School

St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Rochester, Medway, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 218 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That is down 1.0 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 14% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 74% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (35 first choices for 28 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 19.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled 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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