St Benedict's Catholic Primary School

Chatham, ME5 8PU · Medway · primary school

Ofsted: Good · 2015 Mixed Primary Roman Catholic
OfstedGood
Pupils209
FSM6.7%
KS2 expected77%
AI summary of the Ofsted report Inspected 2023-09-06 · Tap to collapse

Generated by AI from the official inspection report — not written by Ofsted or SchoolsGPT staff. Always read the full Ofsted PDF before relying on this summary.

Overview: This report provides information on the inspection history of St Benedict's Catholic Primary School, which converted to academy status in 2023. The school has not yet been inspected under section 5 or section 8 of the Education Act 2005 since its conversion. The inspection history of the predecessor school is available on Ofsted's reports website.

Strengths:

  • The report does not provide any specific strengths or praises.
  • The report mentions that Ofsted takes into account the most recent inspection judgements of the predecessor school for the purpose of scheduling the first inspection of the new academy converter.
  • The report states that HMCI may decide to inspect any school in England if, based on information received by Ofsted, HMCI judges that a school would benefit from inspection.
  • The report notes that HMCI will also inspect any school if requested to do so by the Secretary of State.

Areas to improve: The report identifies no significant areas for improvement.

Safeguarding: The report does not provide any specific information on safeguarding.

Catchment / designated area

'Closeness of home' is the criterion for the ~20 schools Medway itself administers — but 88 of ~108 Medway schools are academies/voluntary-aided setting their own arrangements, so this covers a minority of schools.

Source: Medway admissions policy

Ofsted judgement breakdown (2015-07-15)

Overall effectiveness
Good
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good

What the entrance test covers

The Medway Test has three papers: 1. English — comprehension, punctuation and grammar (30 minutes). 2. Mathematics (50 minutes). 3. Reasoning — a combined paper with verbal, non-verbal and spatial reasoning components (about 45 minutes). Papers are multiple-choice and scores are age-standardised. There is no resit and no remarking of any Medway Test paper. Pass mark: there is no fixed pass mark. The aggregate score (maximum 700 — English and maths standardised scores double-weighted, plus reasoning) is compared to a threshold set fresh each year: the level that includes roughly the top 25% of Medway Year 6 children. The threshold is published with results in October; passing makes a child eligible, and each school's oversubscription criteria then apply. The Medway Test is completely separate from the Kent Test — a different test, different registration, different format (the Kent Test combines English & maths into one paper and includes an unmarked writing task). Chatham Grammar is the one Medway school that accepts either test.

Similar schools nearby

Same area, prioritising the same phase — useful for shortlisting alternatives.

Data sourced from GIAS, Ofsted and official Medway admissions publications. Figures can change year to year — always confirm with the school before applying.

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