St Mary the Virgin Church of England Primary School

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 2-11
Religion Church of England
Address Pheasant Way
Gillingham
SP8 4GG
Phone 01747824446
Reference Number 147145

General Makeup

Number of pupils 241
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.96%
Girls: 51.04%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 14.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 15 13 28
2 14 16 30
3 13 18 31
4 14 12 26
5 15 15 30
6 16 13 29

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 85.1%
White, Other 6.6%
White & Asian 1.2%
Mixed, Other 1.2%
Indian 0.8%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
African 0.8%
Asian, Other 0.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
02 Feb 2023 School inspection
06 Jun 2019 Academy conversion letter
10 Oct 2017 Monitoring visit
Previously as St Mary the Virgin CofE VA Primary School
10 Oct 2017 Monitoring visit
09 Jun 2009 Full inspection:
09 Jun 2009 Full inspection:
03 May 2006 Full inspection:
03 May 2006 Full inspection:

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 59%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 14%

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 107

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 -0.3
Writing 1.5
Maths 1

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 9 0
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

Previous Years

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Name Distance
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School Road, Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4QR
0.83 miles
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1.35 miles
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0.69 miles
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