St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Score
C66
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Chatham, ME5 8PU
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Swingate Primary School
Sultan Road, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8TJ
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
630
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 2 May 2024.
School history and status
Continues from Swingate Primary School (URN 118509) since 1 September 2026. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 81.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 8.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 110.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 110.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 89
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 654
- Capacity
- 630 (0% full)
- SEND
- 14.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 12.1%
- EAL
- 5.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.8%
- SEN Support
- 13.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,669/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 6.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 81.1%
- White Other: 3.4%
- Black African: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.1%
81.1%
White British
3.4%
White Other
3.4%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 152591
- UKPRN
- 10101410
- Establishment No.
- 2549
- Trust
- THE BLUEBELL MAT
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