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Byron Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Byron Road, Gillingham ME7 5XX · byron.medway.sch.uk · 01634 852981
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 51%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Medway 61%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 502
- 7 over 495 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Medway
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 31.1%
- First language not English
- 35.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Westbrook Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 56 families put the school first and 56 places were offered; 100% 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 | 56 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 50 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 70 | 64 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 70 | 65 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 73 | 66 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 51% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% 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 | |||
| ▼51% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 118559)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Byron Primary School on 5 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 5 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 118559), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jan 2024Monitoring visitEffective action
Jun 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118559)
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (51 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Replies
- 51
- 10% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 57% who had a child bullied
based on 26 parents (51%) with SEND