Mereworth Community Primary School

Mereworth Community Primary School continues to provide a good education for its pupils. The school has a vibrant and engaging atmosphere where pupils feel happy and eager to learn. Teachers have high expectations, and pupils generally perform well, with notable strengths in personal development, support for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and the promotion of positive relationships. There is a strong emphasis on ensuring that all students can catch up on missed learning, particularly after the disruptions caused by COVID-19. However, the school's mathematics program faces challenges, especially for some pupils in Years 3 to 5, who are taking longer to close gaps in their knowledge. Despite additional support being implemented, it has not yet effectively ensured that these students achieve the expected levels of understanding. Leaders are aware of this issue and are actively working to monitor and improve the situation, striving to ensure that all students develop a secure foundation in mathematics.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and eager to learn.
• Teachers make learning interesting and have high expectations.
• Strong focus on personal development and positive relationships.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Robust curriculum design that encourages the application of knowledge.

Areas for Improvement

• Mathematics support not closing gaps quickly enough for some pupils in Years 3 to 5.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Mereworth Community Primary School attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Mereworth Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Mereworth Community Primary School had 22.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.8% of pupils at Mereworth Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Mereworth Community Primary School received £6,726 and spent £7,004 for each of its 209 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £2,000 (£9 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Mereworth Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mereworth Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Mereworth Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mereworth Community Primary School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Mereworth Community Primary School have?

Mereworth Community Primary School has 209 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mereworth Community Primary School cover?

Mereworth Community Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Mereworth Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mereworth Community Primary School?

Mereworth Community Primary School is at 39 the Street, Mereworth, Mereworth Cp School, Maidstone, Kent, ME18 5ND.