Primary
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Lambourn Way, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8PU
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 205 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
- Local authority
- Medway
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- KENT CATHOLIC SCHOOLS' PARTNERSHIP
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Southwark
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 16.3
- Pupils per adult
- 12.4
- Pupils
- 202
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.
SATs results
77%
17 points above the Chatham average (60% across 15 schools)
109.0
4.1 above the Chatham average (104.9 across 15 schools)
2nd of 15 by our score, among the primary schools in Chatham we can score - 19 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 108 |
| Average reading score | 109 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 77% |
| Working at a higher standard | 23% |
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 time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 73% |
| 24/25 | 77% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 109.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 108.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
Lambourn Way, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8PU
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.
Medway 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
- Headteacher
- Sarah McAlpine
- Address
- Lambourn Way, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8PU
- Telephone
- 01634669700