All Faiths Children's Academy

All Faiths Children’s Academy is performing well overall, achieving a good rating in several areas, including the quality of education, behavior and attitudes, and leadership. The school places a strong emphasis on inclusivity and personal development, ensuring that all students, including those with special educational needs, are effectively supported. Pupils show respect for diverse faiths and cultures and demonstrate a genuine engagement with their learning. However, the school has room for improvement in delivering the planned curriculum consistently and ensuring that home reading books are better matched to the pupils' abilities.

Strengths

• The school provides a rich, diverse curriculum.
• Pupils exhibit high levels of determination and commitment to learning.
• Behaviour is calm and orderly with rare instances of bullying.
• Teachers demonstrate strong subject knowledge and effective teaching methods.
• The school has a particularly strong provision for pupils with SEND.
• Pupils learn British Sign Language, promoting inclusivity.
• Strong emphasis on developing pupils' vocabulary and reading skills.
• Excellent opportunities for personal development are provided.

Areas for Improvement

• Occasionally, the curriculum is not delivered effectively enough.
• Home reading books are not always well matched to pupils' abilities.

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 All Faiths Children's Academy attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.2% 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 All Faiths Children's Academy 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 All Faiths Children's Academy had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 14.7% of pupils at All Faiths Children's Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 11.1% 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 2019–20 All Faiths Children's Academy received £7,896 and spent £7,660 for each of its 216 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £30,000 (£140 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of The Thinking Schools Academy Trust, income was £6,621 and spending £6,461 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Rochester · Medway local authority: places and applications

All Faiths Children's Academy is part of The Thinking Schools Academy Trust, which runs 25 schools. The nearest others:

• Gordons Children's Academy, Junior Rochester
• Gordons Children's Academy, Infant Rochester
• Maritime Academy Rochester
• Cedar Children's Academy Rochester
• The Rochester Grammar School Rochester
• Holcombe Grammar School Chatham
• New Horizons Children's Academy Chatham
• The Victory Academy Chatham
• Colchester Royal Grammar School Colchester
• Goodwin Academy Deal

What is All Faiths Children's Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for All Faiths Children's Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was All Faiths Children's Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

All Faiths Children's Academy was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does All Faiths Children's Academy have?

All Faiths Children's Academy has 225 pupils on roll.

What age range does All Faiths Children's Academy cover?

All Faiths Children's Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are All Faiths Children's Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is All Faiths Children's Academy?

All Faiths Children's Academy is at Gun Lane, Strood, Rochester, Kent, ME2 4UF.