St Margarets CofE Primary School

Primary · state · Church of England · ages 3–11 · 393 pupils · IG11 8AS · GENESIS EDUCATION TRUST

UngradedOfstedInspected Mar 2025

13%KS2 higher standardEngland median 7%

0%11+ pass rate0 of 1, autumn 2015

0.9Applications per placeFirst choices, Reception 2026

89%KS2 expected standardEngland median 64%

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18.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted: Improved significantly at an ungraded inspection

Results at age 11 (2024/25)

% meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths89% (typical 64%)

% at the higher standard in reading, writing and maths13% (typical 7%)

% meeting the expected standard, 3-year average (2023–2025)88% (typical 62%)

Average scaled scores: reading 107, maths 107.

How hard is it to get in?

For Reception in September 2026, 56 families put it first for 59 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	60	72	1.2	83%
Reception, 2025	60	69	1.1	81%
Reception, 2026	59	56	0.9	100%

Sports facilities on site

Sports hall (1 courts).

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

Money

£7,096spent per pupil (typical primary £7,238)

66%of spending on staff, 49% on teachers

£294krevenue reserve (10.8% of a year's income)

−£20kdeficit in the year

Income £2.7m, spending £2.7m (September 2024 to August 2025, 387 pupils).

Run by Genesis Education Trust, a trust of 3 academies and 1,301 pupils. The trust holds reserves of £622k, 5.5% 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 FOI 101000872155 (WhatDoTheyKnow request 2015_11_results_by_school), test breakdown by school v2; 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 FOI005534 INF005491 (WhatDoTheyKnow, Apr 2026); LB Redbridge FOI (WhatDoTheyKnow request 11_plus_scores_pdf_and_pupils_wh), Pupils who sat test stats 2021; LB Redbridge FOI (WhatDoTheyKnow request 11_plus_scores_pdf_and_pupils_wh), Pupils Who Sat The Test 2022.

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11+ results

Pupils from this school who sat the Medway Test (and other areas' tests, marked), and how many were assessed suitable for grammar school.

Test sat	Sat the test	Passed	Share passing
Autumn 2024for September 2025	boys 0; girls < 5	boys 0; girls < 5	–
Autumn 2023for September 2024	< 5	< 5	–
Autumn 2022for September 2023 · the Redbridge 11+ (places go by score; no pass mark)	Less than 5	–	–
Autumn 2021for September 2022	< 5	0	–
Autumn 2021for September 2022 · the Redbridge 11+ (places go by score; no pass mark)	6	–	–
Autumn 2020for September 2021	< 5	< 5	–
Autumn 2015for September 2016	1	0	0%

Entry

Places

First choices

Per place

First choices offered a place

Reception, 2024

1.2

83%

Reception, 2025

1.1

81%

Reception, 2026

0.9

100%