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

Ofsted's report card from its 16 June 2026 inspection grades St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School on 7 areas: 7 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Improvements in the school's curriculum and teaching have led to markedly higher outcomes for pupils."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have established thorough systems to promote attendance that are well aligned to the school's context."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have designed an ambitious and coherently sequenced curriculum that is carefully adapted to meet the needs of pupils."

Early years - Strong standard. "Leaders prioritise the early years, ensuring that children establish secure foundations and begin to achieve well."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have established an ambitious and deeply embedded vision for inclusion that is understood and enacted by all staff."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "At the previous inspection, the school had already begun its improvement journey."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school's well-considered and intentional approach to personal development and wellbeing has a clear and positive impact on pupils' wider development and aspirations."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders and those responsible for governance should continue to pursue their ambitious aims for the school, developing exceptionally high standards across the curriculum so that pupils' outcomes are further strengthened, including for disadvantaged pupils".

From the headteacher's welcome: "It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to St Margaret's at Troy Town Church of England Primary School - a school where we are incredibly proud of our caring, inclusive and family atmosphere, rooted in our deeply Christian ethos. Our vision, 'Letting Your Light Shine' , is at the heart of everything we do."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils at St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 90% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in Medway and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 90% in reading and 80% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 35 families put St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School as their first choice and 124 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 9 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School are St Peter's Infant School (0.5 miles, Good); Rochester Riverside Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles); St John's Church of England Infant School (0.8 miles, Good); and St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary School (0.8 miles).

St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School is one of 4 schools run by The Pilgrim Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

35.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 29.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (55%), Black (18%) and Asian (9%).

In 2026, 47 pupils (21.8%) received SEN support and 9 (4.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 16 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Rochester Rail Station, about 620 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is John Street (s-bound), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 584 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Medway (250), as is usual near a town centre.

St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School are Fort Pitt Grammar School (0.5 miles), St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School (0.7 miles), The Rochester Grammar School (0.9 miles) and Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School (1 mile).