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Swingate Primary School
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- Medway ME5 8TJ
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Foundational Skills: The 'Swingate love of reading' approach improves reading skills effectively.
Success of the Curriculum: The curriculum is broad, balanced, and enriched, providing exciting and meaningful learning opportunities.
Areas Needing Improvement: The quality of teaching and learning needs to improve to become outstanding overall.
Foundational Skills: The school places a high emphasis on reading and phonics from nursery, ensuring children learn quickly and systematically.
Success of the Curriculum: The curriculum is highly ambitious, building pupil knowledge effectively across subjects with consistent teaching strategies.
Performance in Maths & Reading: Progress in reading and mathematics improved significantly in 2018.
Support for Falling Behind: Disadvantaged pupils benefit from 'catch-up' groups that address misconceptions in mathematics.
Behaviour and Attitudes: Pastoral care contributes to excellent attitudes and behavior; pupils demonstrate high standards.
Performance in Maths & Reading: Pupils have strong skills in English and mathematics, helping them engage with a wider curriculum.
Support for Falling Behind: Swift identification and help are provided for any pupils who start to fall behind, ensuring they catch up efficiently.
Behaviour and Attitudes: Pupils behave impeccably, are eager to learn, and are supported by the school's values of empathy, resilience, responsibility, and bravery.
Support for SEND Pupils: Leaders have created a culture focused on the needs of all pupils, particularly those with SEND.
Support for SEND Pupils: Pupils with SEND are accurately identified and supported through carefully matched activities, achieving high success.
Managing Bullying and Pupil Safety: The school has a strong culture of safeguarding; pupils are unanimous that they feel safe.
Promotion of Welfare and Safety: Pupils learn about friendships and equality, promoting welfare and safety effectively.
Managing Bullying and Pupil Safety: Pupils feel safe, knowing staff will help resolve concerns, with effective safeguarding measures in place.
Promotion of Welfare and Safety: The school promotes positive welfare and safety through well-understood values and regular attendance checks.
Parent Feedback: Parents are overwhelmingly positive about the education and care their children receive.
Parental Involvement: Helpful resources like calculation method videos are available to parents for effective home support.
Parent Feedback: Parents are very positive, appreciating how their children are challenged and supported, citing 'Fantastic school' feedback.
Parental Involvement: Parents are engaged and feel like part of the community, seeing the school鈥檚 mission reflected every day.
Extracurricular Activities: Entry days and activities like ice skating lessons engage and motivate pupils.
Extracurricular Activities: A wide range of clubs are available, including weaving, clay, Zumba, and tri-golf, catering to diverse interests.
Teacher Engagement: Open door policy supports and challenges teachers to develop their skills.
Impact on Student Progress: Actions to improve teaching have led to better rates of pupil progress.
Assessment of Teaching Quality: Leaders evaluate the impact of teaching strategies accurately.
Teacher Engagement: Staff are proud to work at the school, united in securing the best education for all, feeling included and supported.
Impact on Student Progress: Consistent teaching approaches and well-chosen training ensure strong progress and achievement.
Assessment of Teaching Quality: Regular training and checks underpin consistent teaching quality, contributing to the ambitious curriculum.
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Swingate Primary School is a Primary, Co-Ed school located in Kent, South East.
It has 659 students from age 3-11 yr with a student-teacher ratio of 24 : 1.
At this school, 83% of pupils achieved higher standard in reading, writing & maths at key stage 2.
This school rated Good by recent Ofsted inspection.
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| Phase of Education | Primary | Primary | Primary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Local Authority Maintained Schools | Local Authority Maintained Schools | Local Authority Maintained Schools |
| 夜来香研究所 grade |
C+
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B-
|
C
|
| Ofset report | Good | Good | Good |
| Age range | 3-11 | 3-11 | 7-11 |
| Gender | Co-Ed | Co-Ed | Co-Ed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student teacher ratio | 24 | 25.8 | 22.2 |
| Proficient Math | 111 | 108 | 103 |
| Proficient Read | 108 | 109 | 105 |
| Grade 5 or above GCSE | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above A Level | - | - | - |
| Day Fees | - | - | - |
Primary Exam Result
View the average scaled scores of pupils in the key stage 2 reading and math tests. Scores of 100 or more indicate the expected standard, while 110 or more indicate a higher standard.
| Average scaled score | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maths | 111 | 93 | 97 |
| Reading | 108 | 94 | 98 |
Explore how well our pupils are doing academically. Discover the percentage of pupils who reach the expected level (with a score of 100 or more) and those who excel even further (achieving a score of 110 or more).
| Reading, writing and maths | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils meeting the expected standard | 83% | 53.13% | 55.96% |
| Pupils achieving at a higher standard | 9% | 5.34% | 7.42% |
Explore how much progress pupils have made in reading, writing, and math from key stage 1 to key stage 2.
| Subject | Progress score | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reading | 4.2 | Well Above Average |
| Writing | 2.3 | Above Average |
| Maths | 7.7 | Well Above Average |
Exam Result Not Published
Due to the pandemic 2020, 2021 and 2022 Primary school exam
results were not published at school level.
Exam Result Not Published
Due to the pandemic 2020, 2021 and 2022 Primary school exam
results were not published at school level.
Exam Result Not Published
Due to the pandemic 2020, 2021 and 2022 Primary school exam
results were not published at school level.
View the average scaled scores of pupils in the key stage 2 reading and math tests. Scores of 100 or more indicate the expected standard, while 110 or more indicate a higher standard.
| Average scaled score | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maths | 109 2 | 95 | 96 |
| Reading | 107 | 95 | 95 |
Explore how well our pupils are doing academically. Discover the percentage of pupils who reach the expected level (with a score of 100 or more) and those who excel even further (achieving a score of 110 or more).
| Reading, writing and maths | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils meeting the expected standard | 83% 8 | 60.33% | 60.44% |
| Pupils achieving at a higher standard | 19% 1 | 9.29% | 9.72% |
Explore how much progress pupils have made in reading, writing, and math from key stage 1 to key stage 2.
| Subject | Progress score | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reading | 1.5 | Above Average |
| Writing | 2.2 | Above Average |
| Maths | 3.1 | Above Average |
View the average scaled scores of pupils in the key stage 2 reading and math tests. Scores of 100 or more indicate the expected standard, while 110 or more indicate a higher standard.
| Average scaled score | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maths | 107 4 | 90 | 94 |
| Reading | 107 4 | 91 | 95 |
Explore how well our pupils are doing academically. Discover the percentage of pupils who reach the expected level (with a score of 100 or more) and those who excel even further (achieving a score of 110 or more).
| Reading, writing and maths | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils meeting the expected standard | 75% 9 | 55.93% | 59.51% |
| Pupils achieving at a higher standard | 18% 10 | 7.76% | 9.16% |
Explore how much progress pupils have made in reading, writing, and math from key stage 1 to key stage 2.
| Subject | Progress score | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reading | 0.8 | Above Average |
| Writing | 0.3 | Average |
| Maths | 2.4 | Above Average |
View the average scaled scores of pupils in the key stage 2 reading and math tests. Scores of 100 or more indicate the expected standard, while 110 or more indicate a higher standard.
| Average scaled score | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maths | 103 | 91 | 93 |
| Reading | 103 | 91 | 93 |
Explore how well our pupils are doing academically. Discover the percentage of pupils who reach the expected level (with a score of 100 or more) and those who excel even further (achieving a score of 110 or more).
| Reading, writing and maths | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils meeting the expected standard | 66% | 51.29% | 56.29% |
| Pupils achieving at a higher standard | 8% | 6.09% | 8.19% |
Explore how much progress pupils have made in reading, writing, and math from key stage 1 to key stage 2.
| Subject | Progress score | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reading | -1.9 | Below Average |
| Writing | 0.3 | Average |
| Maths | -2.1 | Below Average |
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Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 21st Oct 2024 - 25th Oct 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 23rd Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 23rd Jul 2025 - 29th Aug 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 2nd Sep 2024 - 20th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 26th Oct 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 22nd Jul 2025 |
Students Teachers
24 : 1
Student teacher ratio at Swingate Primary School
Local authority ratio 20 : 1
