Cecil Road Primary and Nursery SchoolShears Green Junior School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Gravesend.

Summary of the comparison

Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School and Shears Green Junior School are primary schools in Gravesend.

  • Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School scores 64 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Shears Green Junior School scores 51 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School was judged the expected standard and Shears Green Junior School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 61.0% for Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School and 52.0% for Shears Green Junior School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School (67.0% in 2022-23, 61.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Shears Green Junior School (56.0% in 2022-23, 52.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School versus Shears Green Junior School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure GravesendCecil Road Primary and Nursery SchoolGravesendShears Green Junior SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC64/100Stronger figureD51/100
Local ranking125th of 450 in Kent Stronger figure270th of 450 in Kent
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeFoundation school Foundation school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 7-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll439 492
Capacity378 480
LocationGravesend, DA11 7BT Gravesend, DA11 7JB
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard61.0% Stronger figure52.0% 62.0%
At higher standard9.0% Stronger figure7.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure102.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure103.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census439 492
Free school meals (ever 6)20.2% 35.4%
English as an additional language45.1% 19.3%
SEN support17.1% 11.4%
SEN with an EHC plan3.6% 2.4%
Attendance
Overall absence5.7% Stronger figure5.8% 6.2%
Persistent absence15.8% 15.0% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School

Shears Green Junior School

Full profiles: Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School · Shears Green Junior School