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Delce Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Academy
The Tideway, Rochester ME1 2NJ · delceacademy.co.uk · 01634 845242
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Medway 61%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.5
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2021
- Pupils
- 287
- 80% of 360 places
- Local authority
- Medway
- Free school meals
- 53.7%
- First language not English
- 26.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2021, 8 families put the school first and 17 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 2021Sept 2021 | 17 | 8 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2020Sept 2020 | 13 | 11 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2019Sept 2019 | 10 | 8 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2018Sept 2018 | 12 | 9 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2017Sept 2017 | 21 | 18 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% 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 | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 140711)
Ofsted
Delce Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 8 May 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 140711), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Sept 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
May 2019Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 140711)
Mar 2017Requires 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 Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 140711)
Jul 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 140711)
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (45 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Replies
- 45
- 13% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied
based on 20 parents (44%) with SEND