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Fairview Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Drewery Drive, Wigmore, Gillingham ME8 0NU · fairviewprimary.co.uk · 01634 338710
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Medway 61%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 670
- 97% of 690 places
- Local authority
- Medway
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 5.6%
- First language not English
- 4.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 94 families put the school first and 89 places were offered; 93% 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 | 89 | 94 | 1.1▲ | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 110 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 89 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 96 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 87 | 1 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Medway it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 30 October 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Fairview Community Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 29 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Apr 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jun 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (141 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 141
- 21% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 19% who had a child bullied
based on 27 parents (19%) with SEND