Rodmersham School

About Rodmersham School

Rodmersham School’s Key Stage 2 results comfortably outpace the Kent local authority average for primary schools, where 63% of pupils typically reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. At Rodmersham, 78% of pupils hit that benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year — a full 15 percentage points higher. The school also performs strongly at the higher standard: 17% of pupils achieved greater depth in all three subjects, while 44% did so in reading alone. Maths scores are particularly robust, with an average scaled score of 108 and 89% of pupils meeting expectations. Reading averages 109. These figures place Rodmersham 7th out of 48 primary schools in the Swale district, putting it in the top 15% nationally. For a small village school with just 131 pupils, that’s a notable achievement.

The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, in July 2024, awarded it Outstanding across every category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. That’s a clean sweep of top grades, and a significant improvement on its previous Outstanding rating from 2011, which had only graded early years, leadership and overall effectiveness. The inspection report notes that pupils behave well and that leaders have high expectations. Progress measures for reading, writing and maths are not published in the data, but the attainment scores alone suggest strong academic grounding. Rodmersham is one of 54 Outstanding primaries in Kent, and the nearest other Outstanding school, Tunstall Church of England Primary, is just 1.7 km away — so families in this part of Swale have strong local options.

Rodmersham is heavily oversubscribed: for 14 places in the 2025/26 intake, there were 53 applications, 20 of them first preferences, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.79. The school serves a mixed cohort, with 11.5% of pupils eligible for free school meals — slightly below the national average. Facilities include an outdoor playground, playing fields, art studios, a sensory room and a chapel. Sports on offer range from gymnastics and athletics to swimming and rounders, and clubs include gardening, coding and drama. The school’s SEND provision covers specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, autistic spectrum disorder and social, emotional and mental health support. It’s a non-denominational, co-educational state primary for ages 4 to 11, with no nursery or sixth form. This is a school that suits families who value strong academic outcomes in a small, well-led village setting.

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