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Gordons Children's Academy, Junior

Rochester, ME2 3HQ · Medway · primary school

Ofsted: Good · 2022 Inspected 3 years ago Mixed Primary
4.4/10 Broadly average

34th of 56 primary schools in Medway we can score, 76 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 4.8/10 against 2,202 of them, against 4.0/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 65.0 · 52 40% 2.07
Ofsted 52 35% 1.81
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 1.0 · 21 25% 0.53

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 65.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths, compared to the national median of 64%. Only 1.0% reached the higher standard. An Ofsted inspection in 2022-11 rated the school Good. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (4.8 out of 10 against similar schools, 4.0 out of 10 against all schools).

Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join cricket, football, hockey, gymnastics, Creepy Claws, Aim High Club, Arts & Craft, Storytelling, and Phonics clubs. Both a breakfast club and an after-school club are available.

Getting in. The school has 296 pupils in a building with 400 places, leaving 104 spare spots. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils who do not reach the higher standard? What specific activities are included in the Aim High Club? How does the current class size impact individual attention during lessons?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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