St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Score
C66
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Chatham, ME5 8PU
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Lordswood School
Lordswood Lane, Chatham, ME5 8NN
Local ranking9th of 73 primary schools in Medway
Ofsted: Outstanding
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 July 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 76.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 5.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 85.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 85.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 60.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 102.0
- Cohort Size
- 55
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 407
- Boys
- 208 (51%)
- Girls
- 199 (49%)
- Capacity
- 420 (97% full)
- SEND
- 17.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 23.5%
- EAL
- 18.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.7%
- SEN Support
- 15.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,028/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 70.0%
- Black African: 8.6%
- White Other: 7.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.7%
- Asian Chinese: 1.7%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.5%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.5%
70.0%
White British
8.6%
Black African
7.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Lordswood Lane
Chatham, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 140186
- UKPRN
- 10043317
- Establishment No.
- 2007
- Trust
- THE GRIFFIN SCHOOLS TRUST
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