Whitstable Junior School

General Info

Education Phase: Primary
Ofsted rating: Good Jun 18 2019 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: 223 (92% of total capacity)
Boys: 55.2%
Girls: 44.8%
First language not English: 4.5%
Free school meals (FSM): 30.5%
Persistent absence: 17.3%
Special education needs (SEN): 17.0%

Pupil ethnicities

White British 81.2%

Other White 6.3%

Mixed 4.8%

Unclassified 4.5%

African 1.3%

Indian 0.9%

Irish Traveller 0.4%

Gypsy/Roma 0.4%

Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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 49%

Local authority average 61%

England average 61%

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

School 5%

Local authority average 8%

England average 8%

Average score in reading

School 105

Local authority average 106

England average 105

Average score in maths

School 102

Local authority average 104

England average 104

School: Year 2022-2023
Local authority average: Year 2023-2024
National average: Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class type	Class size
Average size of one-teacher classes	27.9
Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher	27.9

Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type	Total Boys Girls
Year 3	60 33 27
Year 4	50 29 21
Year 5	55 33 22
Year 6	58 28 30