Whitstable Junior School

General Info

Education Phase: Primary
Ofsted rating: Good Apr 29 2025 Ofsted report
Gender: Mixed
Age range: 7 - 11 y.o.
Type: Local authority maintained schools
Funding: State-funded primary
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Religious Character: Does not apply
Sixth Form: Does not have a sixth form
Local authority: Kent
Unique reference: 118364
Address: Oxford Street, CT5 1DB
Website: www.whitstable-junior.kent.sch.uk/

Pupils

Number of Pupils: 200 (89% of total capacity)
Boys: 57.0%
Girls: 43.0%
First language not English: 5%
Free school meals (FSM): 32%
Persistent absence: 18.0%
Special education needs (SEN): 22.5%

Pupil ethnicities

White British 82%

Mixed 6%

Unclassified 5%

Other White 4.5%

Irish Traveller 0.5%

Gypsy/Roma 0.5%

Indian 0.5%

Bangladeshi 0.5%

African 0.5%

Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

Primary Results

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

ReadingAverage-0.3

WritingAverage0.9

MathsBelow average-2.8

Year 2022-2023

Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths

School 51%

Local authority average 61%

England average 62%

Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths

School 0%

Local authority average 9%

England average 8%

Average score in reading

School 103

Local authority average 106

England average 106

Average score in maths

School 101

Local authority average 104

England average 105

School: Year 2023-2024
Local authority average: Year 2024-2025
National average: Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class type	Class size
Average size of one-teacher classes	28.8
Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher	28.8

Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type	Total Boys Girls
Year 3	32 17 15
Year 4	61 32 29
Year 5	51 31 20
Year 6	56 34 22