St Margaret's Church of England Junior SchoolMiers Court Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

St Margaret's Church of England Junior School and Miers Court Primary School are primary schools.

  • St Margaret's Church of England Junior School scores 51 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Miers Court Primary School scores 56 out of 100 (grade C, average). Miers Court Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Margaret's Church of England Junior School was judged Good and Miers Court Primary 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 67.0% for St Margaret's Church of England Junior School and 56.0% for Miers Court Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at St Margaret's Church of England Junior School (61.0% in 2022-23, 67.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Miers Court Primary School (59.0% in 2022-23, 56.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Margaret's Church of England Junior School versus Miers Court Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure GillinghamSt Margaret's Church of England Junior SchoolRainhamMiers Court Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD51/100C56/100Stronger figure
Local ranking28th of 73 in Medway 23rd of 73 in Medway Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range7-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll364 422
Capacity363 420
LocationGillingham, ME8 9AE Rainham, ME8 8JR
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard67.0% Stronger figure56.0% 62.0%
At higher standard3.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure103.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure102.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census364 422
Free school meals (ever 6)19.2% 16.6%
English as an additional language7.1% 7.6%
SEN support14.3% 22.5%
SEN with an EHC plan1.1% 1.7%
Attendance
Overall absence4.4% Stronger figure5.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence9.5% Stronger figure13.3% 15.8%

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.

St Margaret's Church of England Junior School

Miers Court Primary School

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