Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road

Primary · state · ages 3–11 · 454 pupils · RM9 6NH

GoodOfstedInspected Mar 2024

8%KS2 higher standardEngland median 7%

1.0Applications per placeFirst choices, Reception 2026

73%KS2 expected standardEngland median 64%

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Resourced provision and SEN unit for Autism (ASD) (30 places). 27% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted: School remains Good at an ungraded inspection

Results at age 11 (2024/25)

% meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths73% (typical 64%)

% at the higher standard in reading, writing and maths8% (typical 7%)

% meeting the expected standard, 3-year average (2023–2025)66% (typical 62%)

Average scaled scores: reading 109, maths 109.

How hard is it to get in?

For Reception in September 2026, 44 families put it first for 44 places (1.0 first choices per place). 100% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry	Places	First choices	Per place	First choices offered a place
Reception, 2024	60	66	1.1	89%
Reception, 2025	49	49	1.0	100%
Reception, 2026	44	44	1.0	100%

Money

£9,638spent per pupil (typical primary £7,238)

81%of spending on staff, 52% on teachers

£104krevenue reserve (2.4% of a year's income)

£125ksurplus in the year

Income £4.4m, spending £4.3m (April 2025 to March 2026, 442 pupils).

Living near Thomas Arnold Primary School, Rowdowns Road

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About these figures

Typical means the median state-funded school in England. In the bars, the fill is this school and the black line is the typical school.
Scaled scores: 100 is the expected standard and 120 is the top.
11+ pass rate: passing isn't the same as a grammar place, and not every child sits the test, so the share passing depends on who chose to sit. Small numbers are hidden by the council as published. How grammar admissions work.
Applications per place are first choices. They are national offer day figures; places can change later through waiting lists and appeals.
Living nearby doesn't guarantee a place. Admissions are set by the council or the school, and rules such as catchment, siblings and faith decide who gets in: check its admissions policy and how far away the last places went in recent years.
Spending per pupil mostly follows funding for deprivation, special needs and London weighting, so higher isn't the same as better. Small schools and sixth forms cost more per pupil.

Department for Education performance data 2024/25 and register of schools; Ofsted inspections to August 2026. Open Government Licence. Applications: DfE applications and offers. Money: Department for Education consistent financial reporting (council-maintained schools), 2025-26; Open Government Licence. 11+ results: Medway Council FOI000433 (WhatDoTheyKnow request medway_test_medway_and_out_of_ca), 2020; Medway Council FOI000433 (WhatDoTheyKnow request medway_test_medway_and_out_of_ca), 2022; Medway Council FOI005534 INF005491 (WhatDoTheyKnow, Apr 2026).

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Test sat	Sat the test	Passed	Share passing
Autumn 2023for September 2024	< 5	0	–
Autumn 2022for September 2023	< 5	< 5	–
Autumn 2020for September 2021	< 5	< 5	–

Test sat

Sat the test

Passed

Share passing

Autumn 2023for September 2024

< 5

–

Autumn 2022for September 2023

< 5

–

Autumn 2020for September 2021

< 5

–

Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Reception, 2024

1.1

89%

Reception, 2025

1.0

100%

Reception, 2026

1.0

100%