Bligh Primary School (Infants)
Primary · Rochester · ME2 2XJ
Not yet graded
No graded inspection outcome is available for this school under either the current or the previous framework. This is common for recently opened or converted schools.
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
303 pupils · 100% of 270 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 26% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 17.5% of pupils
- SEN support
- 13.3% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1.9% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.blighprimaryschool.co.uk
- URN
- 144915
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.93 first-choice applications per place74 places offered · 69 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.
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)
77% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 15% 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.
Inspection history since 2015
- 4 March 2025: S5 Inspection
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.