Primary
West Minster Primary School
St George's Avenue, Sheerness, ME12 1ET
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 473 of 570 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nursery
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 56.8
- Pupils per adult
- 8.6
- Pupils
- 491
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2025
- AchievementStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsStrong standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
December 2021
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)November 2016
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
SATs results
66%
13 points above the Sheerness average (53% across 10 schools)
105.0
1.4 above the Sheerness average (103.6 across 10 schools)
4th of 10 by our score, among the primary schools in Sheerness we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 107 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 66% |
| Working at a higher standard | 14% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 81% |
| 23/24 | 76% |
| 24/25 | 66% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
St George's Avenue, Sheerness, ME12 1ET
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Kent admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head of School
- Tina Ovenden
- Address
- St George's Avenue, Sheerness, ME12 1ET
- Telephone
- 01795662178