St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School

St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School is performing strongly across all areas. Inspectors awarded a strong standard for achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, early years, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and wellbeing. Safeguarding standards are met. The school is part of The Pilgrim Multi Academy Trust and serves a small community with above-average levels of disadvantage, including a high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals and pupils with SEN support.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve consistently high outcomes in key stage 2 national tests, with disadvantaged pupils performing well above national averages.
• Attendance has improved notably and is now above the national average, with persistent absence also improving.
• Behaviour is excellent, with kind, respectful relationships and a well-embedded restorative culture.
• The curriculum is ambitious and coherently sequenced, with securely embedded phonics and consistently effective teaching.
• Early years provision is strong, with a nurturing environment, effective transition, and well-planned learning experiences.
• Inclusion is deeply embedded, with early identification of needs, adaptive teaching, and effective support for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND.
• Leadership and governance are highly effective, with strong trust oversight, accurate self-evaluation, and well-managed staff workload.
• Personal development and wellbeing are well considered, with a wide range of enrichment, strong pastoral care, and pupils' strong understanding of British values and protected characteristics.

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 St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.3% 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 St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled 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 St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 15.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.3% 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, 21.8% of pupils at St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% 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 2024–25 St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School received £7,120 and spent £7,140 for each of its 213 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £53,000 (£250 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of The Pilgrim Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,077 and spending £6,915 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

St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School is part of The Pilgrim Multi Academy Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Rochester Riverside Church of England Primary School Rochester
• The Pilgrim School (A Church of England Primary With Nursery) Rochester
• St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles Aylesford

What is St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School is Strong standard, from an inspection in July 2026.

When was St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School was last inspected in July 2026.

How many pupils does St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School have?

St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School has 216 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School cover?

St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School?

St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School is at King Street, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1YF.