Cliffe Woods Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Rochester · ME3 8UJ · Medway
Ages 4–11
- KS262%
- Absence4.9%
- FSM5.9%
- Demand0.97
1.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Standards maintainedURN 118641
St Helen's Church of England Primary School, Cliffe
Voluntary controlled school · Rochester · ME3 7PU
Ages 4–11 · 182 pupils · Medway
Ofsted
Standards maintained
KS2 expected (RWM)
65%
Overall absence
6.6%
Admissions demand
0.96 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2024-11-11
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)65%
Higher standard (RWM)12%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)18.2%
Unauthorised2.5%
- Authorised absence
- 4.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.1%
- Enrolments in measure
- 181
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.96 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
22
Places offered
23
1st-preference offers
22
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 44
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 23
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill87%
182 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 182
- Boys / girls
- 87 / 95
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 182 / 210 (87%)
- Free school meals
- 20.9%
- FSM pupils
- 38
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Rochester
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Kember
Location
- Address
- Church Street, Cliffe
- Postcode
- ME3 7PU
- Town
- Rochester
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Medway
- District
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Rochester, Medway, 182 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 20.9%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Rochester.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Leigh Academy High Halstow
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Primary
Rochester · ME3 8TF · Medway
Ages 3–11
- KS281%
- Absence5.7%
- FSM8.7%
- Demand1.17
2.8 miles away
Higham Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Rochester · ME3 7JL · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS252%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM11.9%
- Demand1.10
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Kember
- Telephone
- 01634220246