St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Rochester
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This is a welcoming, inclusive school where all children thrive. The school has excellent systems to support every child's learning, from early identification of additional needs to high-quality teaching that adapts to individual pupils. Parents appreciate the school's inclusive ethos, strong pastoral care, and the way support extends to whole families.
Key Strengths
- Consistently high achievement in national tests, especially for disadvantaged pupils who perform significantly above national figures
- Excellent behaviour and warm, respectful relationships between pupils and staff across the school
- Ambitious and coherently sequenced curriculum with effective teaching of phonics and key knowledge
- Strong inclusive culture with robust systems to identify and support pupils with additional needs early
- Highly effective leadership with clear focus on improving outcomes for all pupils, particularly disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed.
Extracurricular Activities
Educational visits, history workshops, music provision, mini forest visits
St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a strong school where improvements in curriculum and teaching have led to markedly higher pupil outcomes, with particularly impressive results for disadvantaged pupils. The school has established an excellent behaviour culture, ambitious curriculum, and deeply embedded inclusive practices.
At a Glance
36.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 90%. Maths has improved from 80% to 90%. Writing has remained stable at around 79%.
Class Sizes
24.2
Avg class size
29.0
Infant (KS1)
30.0
KS2
9
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
103%
Over capacity
216 pupils
210 capacity
6 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Rochester
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Rochester
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)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.04807%
Overall absence
10.32609%
Persistent absence
184
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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