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Iwade School

Primary Ages 4-11 591 pupils Sittingbourne
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Iwade School is an academy converter in Sittingbourne for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 591 pupils on roll. In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address School Lane
Iwade
Sittingbourne
Kent
ME9 8RS
Phone 01795472578
Reference Number 140900

General Makeup

Number of pupils 591
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.47%
Girls: 46.53%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 14.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 5.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.6
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 29.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 40 36 76
2 50 40 90
3 42 47 89
4 51 32 83
5 49 42 91
6 47 42 89

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 81.6%
African 5.4%
White, Other 3.9%
White & Black (African) 2.9%
Mixed, Other 1.2%
White & Asian 1%
Indian 1%
Unclassified 0.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
Asian, Other 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 21 Sep 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
21 Sep 2022 School inspection
09 May 2017 Short inspection
05 Jun 2014 Academy conversion letter
06 Nov 2012 Full inspection:
Previously as Iwade Community Primary School
20 Oct 2010 Full inspection:
04 Mar 2008 Full inspection:
02 Jun 2003 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 52%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 2%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 105
Maths 102

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.6
Writing -3.1
Maths -3.4

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 25 5
Third Preference 20 4
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Iwade School had 609 pupils for 630 places. 21 places (3.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Primary - Sittingbourne North” planning area

Kent counted 305 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 305 in 2029–30, down 0%.

2015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 450630630630630630630630630630
Pupils 437478512533571624618623629609
Unfilled 2.9%24.1%18.7%15.4%9.4%1.0%1.9%1.1%0.2%3.3%

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 Iwade School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.4%2.6%2.4%2.2%2.4%2.1%4.2%4.0%3.3%3.1%
Unauthorised absence 0.3%0.4%0.7%0.7%1.2%1.1%1.3%1.1%1.6%1.3%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.7%0.9%0.5%0.5%

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, 0.8% of pupils at Iwade School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 1.80.02.00.40.20.01.00.00.52.71.3
Permanent exclusions 20100000000

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 Iwade School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.210.811.011.711.811.011.210.810.610.610.29.9
Teachers who left state teaching 9.0%2.4%3.2%11.2%10.2%3.5%7.6%6.5%12.3%12.6%7.7%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 38.7%44.8%48.1%58.1%34.3%–48.6%59.5%70.0%46.3%56.4%–
Sick days per teacher 1.12.63.93.82.5–3.95.04.17.52.6–

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, 13.0% of pupils at Iwade School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
No specialist assessment of need 35 0
Speech, language and communication needs 18 4
Social, emotional and mental health 15 3
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 4
Specific learning difficulty 3 1
Moderate learning difficulty 2 0
Other difficulty or disability 2 0
Down's syndrome 0 1

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 2024–25 Iwade School received £5,603 and spent £6,071 for each of its 611 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,111,000 (£1,819 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Bourne Alliance Multi Academy Trust, income was £8,479 and spending £8,618 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £714,000£857,000£1,205,000£949,000£1,359,000£1,392,000£1,111,000
per pupil £1,259£1,431£1,943£1,530£2,188£2,216£1,819
In-year balance £54,000£144,000£346,000-£103,000£381,000-£24,000-£286,000
per pupil £96£241£558-£166£613-£38-£469

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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1.08 miles
Regis Manor Primary School
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1.67 miles
Milton Court Primary Academy
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2.05 miles
Grove Park Primary School
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Lower Halstow Primary School
School Lane, Lower Halstow, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 7ES
2.57 miles
Sunny Bank Primary School
Sunny Bank, Murston, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 3QN
2.64 miles
Westlands Primary School
Homewood Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1XN
2.78 miles
Queenborough School and Nursery
Edward Road, Queenborough, Kent, ME11 5DF
2.84 miles
Newington Church of England Primary School
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Canterbury Road Primary School
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2.97 miles
South Avenue Primary School
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2.99 miles
St Peter's Catholic Primary School
West Ridge, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1UJ
3.04 miles
Borden Church of England Primary School
School Lane, Borden, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8JS
3.08 miles
Minterne Junior School
Minterne Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1SB
3.12 miles
The Oaks Infant School
Gore Court Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1GL
3.14 miles
Lansdowne Primary School
Gladstone Drive, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 3BH
3.14 miles
Holywell Primary School
Forge Lane, Upchurch, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 7AE
3.39 miles
Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School and Nursery
School Lane, Bapchild, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 9NL
3.48 miles
Name Distance
Westlands School
Westlands Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1PF
2.56 miles
VTC Independent School
Unit 2, Centre 2000, St Michael's Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 3DZ
2.75 miles
Borden Grammar School
Avenue of Remembrance, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4DB
2.81 miles
Highsted Grammar School
Highsted Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4PT
3.08 miles
Fulston Manor School
Brenchley Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4EG
3.14 miles
ALP Sittingbourne
60, Bell, Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4HE
3.18 miles
Meadowfield School
Swanstree Avenue, Meadowfield School, Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4NL
3.27 miles
The Sittingbourne School
Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 4NL
3.34 miles
Leigh Academy Minster
Minster Road, Sheerness, ME12 3JQ
3.77 miles
Nore Academy
Danley Road, Minster-on-Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 3AP
3.81 miles
The Elmley Dray School
18-20 Marina Drive, Minster-on-Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 2DP
4.33 miles
Leigh Academy Rainham
Otterham Quay Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 8GS
4.63 miles
EKC Sheppey Secondary
Marine Parade, Sheerness, ME12 2BE
4.63 miles
ISP School
Castlewood Farm, Conyer Road, Teynham, Kent, Kent, ME9 9EA
4.69 miles

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Iwade School is part of Bourne Alliance Multi Academy Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Iwade School have?

Iwade School has 591 pupils on roll.

What age range does Iwade School cover?

Iwade School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Iwade School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 52% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Iwade School?

Iwade School is at School Lane, Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 8RS.

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