Gordons Children's Academy, Junior

Primary · state · ages 7–11 · 263 pupils · ME2 3HQ · THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST

GoodOfstedInspected Sept 2022

1%KS2 higher standardEngland median 7%

54%11+ pass rate22 of 41, autumn 2025

65%KS2 expected standardEngland median 64%

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32.7% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Its infant school (Reception to Year 2): Gordons Children's Academy, Infant

Results at age 11 (2024/25)

% meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths65% (typical 64%)

% at the higher standard in reading, writing and maths1% (typical 7%)

% meeting the expected standard, 3-year average (2023–2025)63% (typical 62%)

Average scaled scores: reading 106, maths 104.

How hard is it to get in?

No applications figures of its own. Most of its Year 3 places usually go to children from Gordons Children's Academy, Infant, so getting into the infant school is normally the way in.

Gordons Children's Academy, Infant, Reception in September 2026: 47 families put it first for 49 places (1.0 first choices per place); 100% of them got a place.

Money

£4krevenue reserve

£0ksurplus in the year

Income £0k, spending £0k (September 2024 to August 2025, 296 pupils).

Run by The Thinking Schools Academy Trust, a trust of 26 academies and 16,453 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £3.2m, 2.5% of its income. Its accounts at Companies House.

Living near Gordons Children's Academy, Junior

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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.
The DfE publishes applications figures only for entry to Reception and Year 7, and a junior school takes pupils at Year 3. The council's admissions team publishes how many applied and the furthest distance offered.
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. Money: Department for Education academies accounts return, 2024-25; Open Government Licence. 11+ results: Medway Council FOI 101000872155 (WhatDoTheyKnow request 2015_11_results_by_school), test breakdown by school v2; Medway Council MFOI006464 (WhatDoTheyKnow request 11_results); Medway Council MFOI010460 (WhatDoTheyKnow request medway_11_test_2019_results_by_s), pupil-level file aggregated per school; 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), 2021; 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	41	22	54%
Autumn 2024for September 2025	67	36	54%
Autumn 2023for September 2024	58	33	57%
Autumn 2022for September 2023	52	32	62%
Autumn 2021for September 2022	47	9	19%
Autumn 2020for September 2021	45	20	44%
Autumn 2019for September 2020	46	15	33%
Autumn 2018for September 2019	59	26	44%
Autumn 2015for September 2016	48	16	33%

How hard is it to get in?

No applications figures of its own. Most of its Year 3 places usually go to children from Gordons Children's Academy, Infant, so getting into the infant school is normally the way in.

Gordons Children's Academy, Infant, Reception in September 2026: 47 families put it first for 49 places (1.0 first choices per place); 100% of them got a place.