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Wrotham Road Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 454 pupils Gravesend
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Wrotham Road Primary School is an academy converter in Gravesend for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 454 pupils on roll. In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Wrotham Road
Gravesend
Kent
DA11 0QF
Phone 01474534540
Reference Number 145815

General Makeup

Number of pupils 454
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.3%
Girls: 46.7%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 25.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 40.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 32 28 60
2 30 26 56
3 38 22 60
4 34 26 60
5 29 30 59
6 29 31 60

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 30.2%
Indian 19.8%
White, Other 15.6%
African 9%
Unclassified 6.2%
Mixed, Other 5.5%
Pakistani 2.2%
Asian, Other 2.2%
White & Asian 1.3%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 05 Oct 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
05 Oct 2022 School inspection
07 Jun 2018 Academy conversion letter
06 Jul 2016 Full inspection:
Previously as Wrotham Road Primary School
07 Jul 2014 Monitoring visit
01 Apr 2014 Full inspection:
14 Jul 2011 Full inspection:
30 Jan 2008 Full inspection:
28 Jun 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 73%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 5%

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 106
Maths 105

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 1.4
Writing 1.7
Maths 1.7

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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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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 25 4
Third Preference 37 0
From another Local Authority 2 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Wrotham Road Primary School had 410 pupils for 420 places. 10 places (2.4%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Primary - Gravesend West” planning area

Kent counted 423 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 445 in 2029–30, up 5%.

201920212022202320242025
Places 420420420420420420
Pupils 409416410414419410
Unfilled 2.6%1.0%2.4%1.4%0.2%2.4%

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 Wrotham Road Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.7%3.3%4.9%5.5%4.7%3.8%
Unauthorised absence 1.3%1.1%2.2%1.6%1.8%1.4%
Severely absent pupils 0.5%1.9%0.5%0.5%1.6%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, 0.7% of pupils at Wrotham Road Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.20.91.30.23.1
Permanent exclusions 0000001

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 Wrotham Road Primary School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.211.812.311.410.611.012.612.9
Teachers who left state teaching 4.7%3.1%13.7%0.0%10.3%14.0%8.1%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 64.0%–45.8%69.2%69.2%46.2%48.1%–
Sick days per teacher 7.4–5.06.13.22.33.0–

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, 12.3% of pupils at Wrotham Road Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 31 2
Social, emotional and mental health 16 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 2
No specialist assessment of need 3 0
Other difficulty or disability 2 0
Profound and multiple learning difficulty 1 1
Physical disability 1 0

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 Wrotham Road Primary School received £6,505 and spent £6,353 for each of its 436 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £233,000 (£533 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of The Golden Thread Alliance, income was £6,661 and spending £6,531 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

201920202021202220242025
Revenue reserve £322,000£438,000£625,000£612,000£141,000£233,000
per pupil £744£1,035£1,450£1,447£332£533
In-year balance £6,000£48,000£49,000£81,000-£63,000£66,000
per pupil £14£114£114£192-£149£152

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.

Name Distance
Bronte School
7 Pelham Road, Gravesend, DA11 0HN
0.28 miles
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
Trinity Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 1LU
0.34 miles
Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School
Cecil Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7BT
0.53 miles
Chantry Community Primary School
Ordnance Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2RL
0.56 miles
Copperfield Academy
Dover Road East, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0RB
0.71 miles
Whitehill Primary School
Sun Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5HN
0.81 miles
St John's Catholic Primary School, Gravesend
Rochester Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2SY
0.84 miles
Northfleet Nursery School
140 London Road, Gravesend, DA11 9JS
0.86 miles
Rosherville Church of England Academy
Crete Hall Road, Gravesend, DA11 9RB
0.9 miles
Shears Green Junior School
White Avenue, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7JB
0.95 miles
Shears Green Infant School
Packham Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7JF
0.95 miles
St Botolph's Church of England Primary School
Dover Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9PL
1.04 miles
Westcourt Primary School
Silver Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4JG
1.2 miles
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Northfleet
Springhead Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9QZ
1.27 miles
King's Farm Primary School
Cedar Avenue, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5JT
1.33 miles
Tymberwood Academy
Cerne Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4BN
1.46 miles
Painters Ash Primary School
Masefield Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8EL
1.5 miles
The Riverview Academy
Cimba Wood, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4SD
1.63 miles
Lawn Primary School
High Street, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9HB
1.64 miles
Springhead Park Primary School
Springhead Parkway, Springhead Park, Northfleet, Kent, DA11 8BY
1.65 miles
Name Distance
Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend
Pelham Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0JE
0.33 miles
Pier View Academy
42-44 Harmer Street, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2AX
0.44 miles
Saint George's Church of England School
Meadow Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 7LS
0.65 miles
Gravesend Grammar School
Church Walk, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2PR
0.72 miles
St John's Catholic Comprehensive
Rochester Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2JW
0.79 miles
Northfleet Technology College
Colyer Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8BG
1.06 miles
Northfleet School for Girls
Hall Road, Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8AQ
1.27 miles
Ifield School
Cedar Avenue, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5JT
1.41 miles
Thamesview School
Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4LF
1.64 miles
OA - North View
Former Little Pirates, North View Avenue, Tilbury, RM18 7RT
2.06 miles
Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet
Southfleet Road, Swanscombe, Kent, DA10 0BZ
2.36 miles
The Gateway Academy
Marshfoot Road, Grays, Essex, RM16 4LU
2.7 miles
Alkerden Church of England Academy
Colyer Drive, Ebbsfleet Valley, DA10 1HN
3.06 miles
Thames Park Secondary School
Chadwell Road, Grays, RM17 5FP
3.21 miles
Grays Convent High School
College Avenue, Grays, Essex, RM17 5UX
3.55 miles
Rowhill School
Main Road, Longfield, Kent, DA3 7PW
3.64 miles
Cobham Hall
3.7 miles
Treetops School
Treetops Approach Road, Grays, Essex, RM16 2WU
3.82 miles
Leigh Academy Longfield
Main Road, Longfield, Kent, DA3 7PH
3.83 miles
Treetops Free School
Treetops Approach, Grays, Essex, RM16 2WU
3.88 miles

All schools in Gravesend · Kent local authority: places and applications

Wrotham Road Primary School is part of The Golden Thread Alliance, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Wrotham Road Primary School have?

Wrotham Road Primary School has 454 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wrotham Road Primary School cover?

Wrotham Road Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Wrotham Road Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wrotham Road Primary School?

Wrotham Road Primary School is at Wrotham Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0QF.

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