Balfour Infant School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B70
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Rochester, ME1 2QT
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Balfour Junior School
Balfour Road, Chatham, ME4 6QX
Local ranking27th of 73 primary schools in Medway
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
480
Capacity
7-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 71.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 14.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 119
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 480
- Boys
- 232 (48%)
- Girls
- 248 (52%)
- Capacity
- 480 (100% full)
- SEND
- 15.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.7%
- EAL
- 36.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.2%
- SEN Support
- 15.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,369/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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
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- White British: 52.9%
- Asian Indian: 8.5%
- White Other: 8.1%
- Black African: 7.7%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 5.8%
- Other: 3.1%
- Asian Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
52.9%
White British
8.5%
Asian Indian
8.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Balfour Road
Chatham, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 143880
- UKPRN
- 10062374
- Establishment No.
- 2214
- Trust
- BEYOND SCHOOLS TRUST
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- C58Crest Infant School
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