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St. Clement's CofE Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 177 pupils Sheerness
Ofsted: Needs attention
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St. Clement's CofE Primary School is an academy converter in Sheerness for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 177 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St. Clement's CofE Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026 of its predecessor, Eastchurch Church of England Primary School. In 2025, 15% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Many teachers don't stay: 58% of its teachers had left the school a year later (in 2024/25), against 16% nationally. Attendance is a concern: pupils missed 9.6% of sessions in 2024/25 (the national figure for primary schools is 5.2%), and 37% of pupils were persistently absent.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Leysdown Road
Sheerness
Kent
ME12 4AB
Phone 01795506910
Reference Number 149666

General Makeup

Number of pupils 177
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.98%
Girls: 48.02%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 59.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 6.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 22.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 18 11 29
2 9 11 20
3 11 17 28
4 18 9 27
5 12 17 29
6 13 13 26

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 77.4%
Unclassified 9%
White, Other 4%
Asian, Other 2.3%
White & Asian 1.7%
African 0.6%
Caribbean 0.6%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Eastchurch Church of England Primary School, inspected in May 2026.

Overall Ofsted Rating Needs attention
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 15%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

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 98
Maths 94

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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 7 0
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St. Clement's CofE Primary School had 184 pupils for 210 places. 26 places (12.4%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Primary - Sheppey Rural East” planning area

Kent counted 41 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 46 in 2029–30, up 12%.

20242025
Places 210210
Pupils 191184
Unfilled 9.0%12.4%

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 St. Clement's CofE Primary School attended 90.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 37.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

202320242025
Authorised absence 4.6%7.0%4.7%
Unauthorised absence 4.4%3.1%4.9%
Severely absent pupils 2.4%4.4%1.2%

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, 1.6% of pupils at St. Clement's CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 2.25.4
Permanent exclusions 00

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. Clement's CofE Primary School had 23.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 58.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

202420252026
Pupils per adult 7.47.48.9
Teachers who left state teaching 20.4%41.7%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 72.7%75.0%–
Sick days per teacher 2.413.8–

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, 26.6% of pupils at St. Clement's CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.2% 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 22 0
Speech, language and communication needs 13 8
Moderate learning difficulty 5 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 1
Social, emotional and mental health 2 1
Physical disability 1 0
Specific learning difficulty 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 St. Clement's CofE Primary School received £8,205 and spent £7,357 for each of its 184 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £602,000 (£3,270 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust, income was £7,245 and spending £7,113 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20242025
Revenue reserve £458,000£602,000
per pupil £2,464£3,270
In-year balance £159,000£156,000
per pupil £857£848

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
Eastchurch Church of England Primary School
Warden Road, Eastchurch, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 4EJ
2.18 miles
St Georges CofE (Aided) Primary School
Chequers Road, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 3QU
4.1 miles
Minster in Sheppey Primary School
Brecon Chase, Minster, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 2HX
4.61 miles
Thistle Hill Primary School
Aspen Drive, Minster-on-Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 3UD
4.78 miles
Name Distance
Curly's Farm and School
Curly's Farm, Mustards Road, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 4AN
0.4 miles

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What is St. Clement's CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St. Clement's CofE Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026 of its predecessor, Eastchurch Church of England Primary School.

How many pupils does St. Clement's CofE Primary School have?

St. Clement's CofE Primary School has 177 pupils on roll.

What age range does St. Clement's CofE Primary School cover?

St. Clement's CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St. Clement's CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 15% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St. Clement's CofE Primary School?

St. Clement's CofE Primary School is at Leysdown Road, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 4AB.

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