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EnglandSouth EastCanterburyCT3 4HSWater Meadows Primary School
Primary

Water Meadows Primary School

Primary

Canterbury · Canterbury · CT3 4HS www.watermeadows.kent.sch.uk

Pupils
179
cap. 210
Ages
4 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Academy
71%
RWM expected · 2024/25
21%
RWM higher · 2024/25
179
Pupils · 2024/25
16%
EAL · 2024/25
25%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
71%
RWM expected · 2024/25
21%
RWM higher · 2024/25
179
Pupils · 2024/25
16%
EAL · 2024/25
25%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
Ofsted inspection
Good

Ofsted inspection · 19/03/2019

Inadequate
Requires improvement
Good
Outstanding
Local authorityKent
PhasePrimary
School typeAcademy
Pupil : teacher ratio18.3:1
AdmissionsNot applicable
Religious characterNone
StatusOpen

Overview of Water Meadows Primary School · Primary · Kent

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard
71%
0pp
100%77%53%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 71%
RWM higher standard
21%
+21pp
25%13%0%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 21%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
86%
Reading higher standard
43%
Writing expected standard
86%
Writing higher standard
21%
Maths expected standard
71%
Maths higher standard
21%
Science expected standard
79%
SPAG expected standard
86%
SPAG higher standard
29%
Reading scaled score
106.0
Maths scaled score
104.0
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
179
Pupil : teacher ratio
18.3
Workforce data · 2025/26
EAL
16%
FSM eligible
42%
SEN
22%
Overall absence
7%
Persistent absence
25%

Contact

Address
Shaftesbury Road, Hersden, Canterbury, CT3 4HS
Local authority
Kent
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
2024/2571%21%86%43%86%21%71%21%79%86%106.0104.0105.022%179
2023/2471%0%88%47%71%6%82%29%82%88%108.0105.0107.022%166
2022/2353%0%82%24%71%0%65%6%76%65%105.0101.0102.0+2.60+0.70-1.5022%148
2018/19100%25%100%25%100%38%100%38%88%100%109.0108.0108.0+4.70+4.20+2.7024%83
2017/1871%0%71%7%86%21%93%0%93%71%103.0103.0103.0-2.50-0.10-1.8020%92
2016/1771%7%71%14%86%29%86%14%86%79%103.0105.0106.0-1.70+1.90-0.4016%94

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
2024/2517917.522%16%42%7%25%
2023/2416618.022%15%45%8%28%
2022/2314814.822%12%45%8%26%
2021/2212724.317%8%48%10%31%
2020/219823.322%6%52%
2018/198320.824%14%42%7%22%
2017/189223.020%12%40%7%24%
2016/179417.116%10%38%6%16%

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