Twydall Primary School and Nursery

About Twydall Primary School and Nursery

Twydall Primary School and Nursery is a state-funded, mixed primary school in Medway for children aged 3 to 11. It currently has 264 pupils on roll, slightly above its official capacity of 255, which suggests the school is operating at full stretch. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals stands at 40.8%, significantly higher than the national average of around 23%, indicating a catchment with above-average levels of economic disadvantage. Demand for places is strong: for the 2025/26 intake, the school received 72 applications for just 18 places, an oversubscription ratio of 4 to 1. Of those, 17 were first-preference applications, and 17 first-preference offers were made, meaning almost every family who put Twydall first secured a spot, but competition from outside that group was fierce. The school also offers nursery provision, which feeds into the primary intake.

Academically, Twydall’s most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023 rated it Good overall, a clear improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2021. All five graded areas — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — were judged Good. However, Key Stage 2 outcomes in 2023/24 were below local and national benchmarks. Just 43% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the Medway local authority average of 62%. In individual subjects, 55% met the expected standard in reading, 52% in maths, and 66% in writing. The school’s average scaled scores were 100 in reading and 99 in maths, both close to the national baseline of 100. Only 9% of pupils achieved the higher standard in maths, and 2% in writing. These results place Twydall 52nd out of 55 primary schools in Medway, in the bottom tier locally.

The school offers a solid range of facilities, including playing fields, a sports hall, art studios, an ICT suite, a sensory room and a chapel. Sports provision covers rounders, netball, dance and football, while clubs include gardening, chess, drama and a book club. SEND support is extensive, with provisions for specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disabilities, and autistic spectrum disorder, plus a resourced provision. The school is oversubscribed, so families applying from outside the immediate catchment should be prepared for competition. Twydall will suit parents who value a strong SEND framework and a community-focused school with nursery provision, but who are aware that academic outcomes are currently below the local average and that the school is still consolidating its improvement journey since its last inspection.

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