Burham Church of England Primary School
Primary · Rochester · ME1 3SY
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 26 June 2024
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179 pupils · 91% of 196 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 14.5% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 6% of pupils
- SEN support
- 14.4% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 0.6% of pupils
- URN
- 118620
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.89 first-choice applications per place27 places offered · 24 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
23 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 26 June 2024: School remains Good
- 5 December 2018: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles
- Wouldham, All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes
- Medway Green School
- Halling Primary School
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School
- Tunbury Primary School
- The Holmesdale School