Dilkes Academy

Primary · state · ages 3–11 · 554 pupils · RM15 5JQ · CATALYST ACADEMIES TRUST

OutstandingOfstedInspected Apr 2023

19%KS2 higher standardEngland median 7%

1.4Applications per placeFirst choices, Reception 2026

86%KS2 expected standardEngland median 64%

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Resourced provision for Social, emotional and mental health (10 places). 16.2% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Results at age 11 (2024/25)

% meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths86% (typical 64%)

% at the higher standard in reading, writing and maths19% (typical 7%)

% meeting the expected standard, 3-year average (2023–2025)87% (typical 62%)

Average scaled scores: reading 109, maths 108.

How hard is it to get in?

For Reception in September 2026, 87 families put it first for 60 places (1.4 first choices per place, oversubscribed). 69% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry	Places	First choices	Per place	First choices offered a place
Reception, 2024	60	107	1.8	56%
Reception, 2025	60	99	1.6	61%
Reception, 2026	60	87	1.4	69%

Sports facilities on site

Sports hall, 3G pitch, 1 football pitch, cricket.

Some of these are open to the public (pay and play, clubs or community use) outside school hours. Schools nearby with similar facilities

Money

£6,142spent per pupil (typical primary £7,238)

82%of spending on staff, 42% on teachers

£1.0mrevenue reserve (26.7% of a year's income)

£517ksurplus in the year

Income £3.9m, spending £3.3m (September 2024 to August 2025, 544 pupils).

Run by Catalyst Academies Trust, a trust of 5 academies and 2,311 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £3.4m, 21.3% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.

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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.
Sports facilities, not results: there is no national data on schools' sporting success.
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. Contains data © Sport England (Active Places), matched to the school by name and postcode. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; 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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11+ results

Pupils from this school who sat the Medway Test, and how many were assessed suitable for grammar school.

Test sat	Sat the test	Passed	Share passing
Autumn 2025for September 2026	boys blank; girls < 5	boys blank; girls < 5	–
Autumn 2022for September 2023	< 5	< 5	–
Autumn 2020for September 2021	< 5	< 5	–

How hard is it to get in?

For Reception in September 2026, 87 families put it first for 60 places (1.4 first choices per place, oversubscribed). 69% of the families who put it first got a place.

Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Reception, 2024

107

1.8

56%

Reception, 2025

1.6

61%

Reception, 2026

1.4

69%