St Nicholas CEVC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Mixed · Medway
London Road, Rochester, ME2 3HU
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 17/06/2025
Application demand
93%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
95.6%
12.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
156
Capacity used
Has space87%
180 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
93%
1st preference success rate
28 of 30 families who put it first got an offer
30
Places offered
110
Total applications
3.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 30 | 28 | ● 93% |
| 2nd preference | 38 | 2 | ● 5% |
| 3rd preference | 19 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 23 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 110 | 30 | 27% |
1st preference success by year
Medway lets families list 6 preferences. 3 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Katie Forghani-Ashrafi
- Address
- London Road, Rochester, ME2 3HU
- Phone
- 01634717120
- Local authority
- Medway
- Ward / constituency
- Strood North & Frindsbury · Rochester and Strood
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 118643
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 27% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 19% | — | — |
| SEN support | 18% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
156 pupils · 180 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
17 June 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessEarly years Good Personal development Good Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Requires improvement
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 125 pupils
Attendance
95.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
4.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
12.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
1.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.