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EnglandSouth EastMedwayME8 0NUFairview Community Primary School
Primary

Fairview Community Primary School

Primary

Medway · Gillingham · ME8 0NU www.fairviewprimary.co.uk

Pupils
684
cap. 690
Ages
3 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Maintained school
73%
RWM expected · 2024/25
11%
RWM higher · 2024/25
684
Pupils · 2024/25
4%
EAL · 2024/25
5%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
73%
RWM expected · 2024/25
11%
RWM higher · 2024/25
684
Pupils · 2024/25
4%
EAL · 2024/25
5%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
Ofsted inspection
Standards maintained

Ofsted inspection · 30/10/2024

Inadequate
Requires improvement
Good
Outstanding
Local authorityMedway
PhasePrimary
School typeMaintained school
Pupil : teacher ratio24.5:1
AdmissionsNot applicable
Religious characterDoes not apply
StatusOpen

Overview of Fairview Community Primary School · Primary · Medway

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard
73%
+4pp
73%70%67%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 73%
RWM higher standard
11%
+4pp
11%9%6%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 11%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
83%
Reading higher standard
40%
Writing expected standard
88%
Writing higher standard
24%
Maths expected standard
83%
Maths higher standard
27%
Science expected standard
93%
SPAG expected standard
72%
SPAG higher standard
28%
Reading scaled score
107.0
Maths scaled score
105.0
GPS scaled score
105.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll
684
Pupil : teacher ratio
24.5
Workforce data · 2025/26
EAL
4%
FSM eligible
6%
SEN
15%
Overall absence
4%
Persistent absence
5%

Contact

Address
Drewery Drive, Wigmore, Gillingham, ME8 0NU
Local authority
Medway
Telephone
Email

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

YearRWM expectedRWM higherReading exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreReading prog.Writing prog.Maths prog.SENCohort
2024/2573%11%83%40%88%24%83%27%93%72%107.0105.0105.015%684
2023/2469%7%79%28%85%15%78%29%92%79%105.0105.0105.010%672
2022/2368%11%78%33%79%21%79%26%88%78%106.0105.0106.0+1.10+2.20+1.009%668
2018/1967%8%75%27%87%18%79%28%88%84%105.0104.0107.0+0.30+0.80-0.4012%678
2017/1868%6%89%41%75%8%78%32%87%90%108.0105.0108.0+2.20-2.20+0.5012%678
2016/1764%13%75%35%76%23%80%23%84%80%106.0104.0107.0+0.00-0.10-0.8013%655

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/2568423.415%4%6%4%5%
2023/2467224.710%3%8%4%9%
2022/2366822.79%4%7%5%9%
2021/2266524.016%4%8%6%12%
2020/2166223.314%3%7%
2018/1967827.612%4%5%4%7%
2017/1867824.812%4%7%4%6%
2016/1765523.313%6%8%4%4%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.