Saxon Way Primary School, Gillingham
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Saxon Way Primary School excels at building strong relationships with families and creating a welcoming environment where children are excited to learn. The school has a particular strength in teaching reading through a sharp focus on phonics from Nursery, ensuring every child keeps up with targeted support. Beyond academics, the school offers an impressive range of enrichment activities and community links that broaden pupils' horizons and help them develop into confident, well-rounded learners.
Key Strengths
- Strong focus on teaching phonics from Nursery onwards, ensuring children become confident and fluent readers with targeted support for those who need it
- Well-sequenced curriculum designed to inspire learning for all pupils, with effective adaptations and support for those with SEND
- Extensive wider curriculum opportunities including subject festivals, trips, visitors, and clubs that reinforce learning and promote future aspirations
- Calm behaviour around the school underpinned by clear expectations and explicit teaching of school values
- Robust attendance tracking and strategies that have led to significant improvements, including for the most disadvantaged pupils
Areas for Improvement
- Teachers' methods for checking what pupils understand during and after lessons are not consistent, meaning some pupils finish lessons with gaps or misconceptions
- In some subjects, the most important knowledge that pupils need to learn has not been clearly identified, affecting how well pupils with SEND build on their learning
- Need for a more consistent approach to identifying and revisiting key knowledge and concepts across all subjects
Safeguarding
The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with pupils feeling safe and understanding how to access trusted adults if worried.
Extracurricular Activities
Science symposium, arts festival, subject festivals, extensive range of clubs, trips, visitors including local football team, head boy and head girl roles, curriculum ambassador roles, before-school club
Saxon Way Primary School is a welcoming primary school where pupils are happy and excited to learn, achieving well through a curriculum built on the pillars of proud traditions, wide horizons, and high achievement. The school has maintained its good standards since the previous inspection.
At a Glance
40.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
70 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 64%. Maths has remained stable at around 68%. Writing has remained stable at around 71%.
Class Sizes
26.4
Avg class size
26.5
Infant (KS1)
29.8
KS2
16
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
94%
Near capacity
396 pupils
420 capacity
24 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Gillingham
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Gillingham
Admissions Demand - Medway
Places available
3,805
Applications
3,151
Got 1st preference
95.6%
Got preferred school
99.4%
Primary admissions across Medway (2025/26)
Inspection History(4)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.84202%
Overall absence
22.22222%
Persistent absence
387
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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