Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate

About Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate

Christ Church Church of England Junior School, Ramsgate, sits within the Kent local authority and is one of 459 primary schools in the county. In the Thanet district, it ranks 13th out of 25 primary schools based on the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2. This places it in the bottom half of schools locally, though it is worth noting that the top-performing peers in the wider Kent area include Stelling Minnis Church of England Primary School, Leigh Academy Dartford and Temple Ewell Church of England Primary School, all of which achieve the highest ranking scores. The school serves a community with a high level of disadvantage: 52.3% of its 220 pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the national average. The school has capacity for 240 pupils, so there is some room for growth. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, a graded visit in 2016, rated the school Good overall, with leadership and management also judged Good. A subsequent ungraded inspection in 2021 confirmed that the school remains Good.

Academically, Christ Church’s Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show that 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. This is just one percentage point below the Kent local authority average of 63%, meaning the school is broadly in line with its peers across the county. In individual subjects, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, 67% in maths, and 81% in writing. The proportion achieving the higher standard in reading was 38%, in maths 22%, and in writing 16%. Only 12% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects. Average scaled scores were 104 in reading and 103 in maths, both slightly above the national benchmark of 100. The school does not have progress scores available for reading, writing or maths, so it is not possible to measure how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. Nationally, the school ranks in the 51st percentile among all primary schools, placing it squarely in the middle of the pack.

The school offers a range of facilities including music rooms, a sensory room, a dining hall, an ICT suite, art studios and a chapel, reflecting its Church of England foundation. Sports provision includes swimming, athletics, dance and football, while extracurricular clubs cover coding, choir, art, chess, drama and gardening. The school’s SEND provision is set up to support pupils with moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. For families considering this school, it is a Good-rated junior school in Ramsgate that performs close to the Kent average academically, despite serving a significantly disadvantaged intake. The nearest Outstanding-rated primary school is Chilton Primary School, just one kilometre away, which may be worth comparing for parents who prioritise the highest Ofsted grade. Christ Church is likely to suit families who value a Church of England ethos, a broad range of clubs and a supportive SEND framework, and who are comfortable with a school that sits in the middle of the local rankings.

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