Cedar Children's Academy

Primary · state · ages 3–11 · 627 pupils · ME2 2JP · THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST

UngradedOfstedInspected Oct 2024

3%KS2 higher standardEngland median 7%

47%11+ pass rate16 of 34, autumn 2025

0.9Applications per placeFirst choices, Reception 2026

57%KS2 expected standardEngland median 64%

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27.4% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted: Standards maintained at an ungraded inspection

Results at age 11 (2024/25)

% meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths57% (typical 64%)

% at the higher standard in reading, writing and maths3% (typical 7%)

% meeting the expected standard, 3-year average (2023–2025)55% (typical 62%)

Average scaled scores: reading 104, maths 104.

How hard is it to get in?

For Reception in September 2026, 61 families put it first for 66 places (0.9 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	90	87	1.0	100%
Reception, 2025	73	73	1.0	100%
Reception, 2026	66	61	0.9	100%

Sports facilities on site

2 football pitches.

For the school's own use. Schools nearby with similar facilities

Money

£9,952spent per pupil (typical primary £7,238)

90%of spending on staff, 54% on teachers

£328krevenue reserve (3.9% of a year's income)

£2.0msurplus in the year

Income £8.5m, spending £6.5m (September 2024 to August 2025, 652 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 Cedar Children's Academy

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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 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	34	16	47%
Autumn 2024for September 2025	43	22	51%
Autumn 2023for September 2024	29	11	38%
Autumn 2022for September 2023	40	14	35%
Autumn 2021for September 2022	37	23	62%
Autumn 2020for September 2021	30	8	27%
Autumn 2019for September 2020	40	19	48%
Autumn 2018for September 2019	35	11	31%
Autumn 2015for September 2016	30	6	20%

Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Reception, 2024

1.0

100%

Reception, 2025

1.0

100%

Reception, 2026

0.9

100%

Money

£9,952spent per pupil (typical primary £7,238)

90%of spending on staff, 54% on teachers

£328krevenue reserve (3.9% of a year's income)

£2.0msurplus in the year

Income £8.5m, spending £6.5m (September 2024 to August 2025, 652 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.