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St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Lambourn Way, Lordswood, Chatham ME5 8PU · st-benedicts.medway.sch.uk · 01634 669700
Overview
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 77%
- 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
- 205
- 98% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Medway
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 9.3%
- First language not English
- 14.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 28 families put the school first and 28 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 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 31 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 27 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 23% 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 | |||
| ▲77% | 62% | ||
| ▲23% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 118780)
Ofsted
- Ofsted inspection
- No inspection available