St. Clement's CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Sheerness, Kent·ME12 4AB
Composite score
9.8
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#14,740
National rank
#2156
In South East
#424
In Kent
Top 100%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
15%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
98.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
94.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
27 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
41
any preference, for 27 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St. Clement's CofE 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
184
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
57.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
33.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,054
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St. Clement's CofE Primary School

St. Clement's CofE Primary School is a primary school in Sheerness, Kent, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 184 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 15% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 98 in reading and 94 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St. Clement's CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 27 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 10.1%. There are about 15.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 58% 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. Clement's CofE 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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