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Halling Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Academy
Howlsmere Close, Halling, Rochester ME2 1ER · halling.medway.sch.uk · 01634 240258
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Medway 61%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 391
- 93% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Medway
- Free school meals
- 16.4%
- First language not English
- 7.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 48 families put the school first and 52 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 | 52 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 54 | 47 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 54 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% 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 | |||
| ▲71% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 118326)
Ofsted
Halling Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 6 Jun 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2015
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 118326), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118326)
May 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118326)
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (114 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 114
- 30% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 27 parents (24%) with SEND