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Rodmersham School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Rodmersham Green, Sittingbourne ME9 0PS · rodmersham.kent.sch.uk · 01795 423776
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Kent 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 128
- 58 over 70 places · 183%
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 14.1%
- First language not English
- 7.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 17 families put the school first and 10 places were offered; 59% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 10 | 17 | 1.7▲ | 59% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 14 | 20 | 1.4▲ | 70% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 10 | 11 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 20 | 25 | 1.3▲ | 80% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 8 | 6 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% the higher standard. Across Kent it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Rodmersham School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 10 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 10 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Sept 2011
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Nov 2019Monitoring visit
Before September 2019
Sept 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Mar 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (64 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 64
- 48% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (16%) with SEND