Minster in Sheppey Primary School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
B77
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Sheerness, ME12 2HX
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Thistle Hill Primary School
Aspen Drive, Minster-on-Sea, Sheerness, ME12 3UD
Local ranking369th of 445 primary schools in Kent
Ofsted: Strong
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 5 November 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 5 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 49.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 59.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 59.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 42.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 99.0
- Cohort Size
- 59
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 332
- Boys
- 167 (48%)
- Girls
- 182 (52%)
- Capacity
- 420 (83% full)
- SEND
- 40.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 49.1%
- EAL
- 9.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.8%
- SEN Support
- 32.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,196/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 86.1%
- White Other: 3.3%
- Black African: 3.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Other: 1.2%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
86.1%
White British
3.3%
White Other
3.3%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Aspen Drive
Sheerness, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 140393
- UKPRN
- 10053864
- Establishment No.
- 2034
- Trust
- THE STOUR ACADEMY TRUST
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