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Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Foundation school

Cecil Road, Northfleet, Gravesend DA11 7BT · cecilroad.co.uk · 01474 534544

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
Key stage 2, 2024/25
61%
reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
Demand for places
1.3
first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
Pupils
442
64 over 378 places · 117%
Local authority
Kent
Nursery class
Yes
Free school meals
24%
First language not English
43%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Northfleet Schools Co-Operative Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Reception in September 2026, 68 families put the school first and 54 places were offered; 79% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 57 (Places 53)57September 2023: 57 (Places 53)57September 2024: 65 (Places 54)65September 2025: 57 (Places 54)57September 2026: 68 (Places 54)68Places 54
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202654681.3▲79%
September 2025Sept 202554571.1▲91%
September 2024Sept 202454651.2▲75%
September 2023Sept 202353571.1▲91%
September 2022Sept 202253571.1▲88%

Results

In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% the higher standard. Across Kent it was 62%, and across England 62%.

Expected standard reading, writing and maths

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 70% (England 53%)70%2016/17: 65% (England 61%)65%2017/18: 63% (England 64%)63%2018/19: 80% (England 65%)80%2022/23: 67% (England 60%)67%2023/24: 70% (England 61%)70%2024/25: 61% (England 62%)61%England 62%
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
Reading, writing and maths
●61%62%
●9%8%
Average scaled score
●106106
●105105
●105105

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School on 25 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
25 Mar 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsGood

Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Dec 2019

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Dec 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • May 2016Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Dec 2013Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement

What parents said

94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (35 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
94%
Replies
35
8% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▲97% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲97% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲95% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●85% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲100% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲94% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲91% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲97% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●92% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲89% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲91% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 69% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲70% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 20% who had a child bullied

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