Minterne Junior School

Swale · ME10 1SB

General information Junior School · 7-11 years Who goes here 393 pupils, 20.9% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

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Minterne Junior School

General Information

Address: Minterne Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 1SB – View on map
Phone: 01795472323
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Miss Kirsty Warner
Age range: 7-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

393 pupils out of 360 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 82
% eligible for free school meals: 20.9%
Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (less mixed than the Swale average)
English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 6.5% a year (Swale 18.1%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
Where they went: about 25% moved to another school, 75% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

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Across Kent: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 21 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
Suspensions for bullying: 32 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Kent (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.9%
Persistently absent pupils: 11.7%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

Resourced provision for Speech, language and communication

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

Pupils on SEN Support: 17.6%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 9.9%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 26 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 17 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 11 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 5 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 25 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Physical disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card May 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching Strong standard
Achievement Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
Leadership and governance Expected standard

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 55% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 11% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 7 percentage points below the Swale average (62%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 61% against an expected 62%)
3-year average (expected standard): 61%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 67% · Writing 77% · Maths 68% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 61%
Average test scores: reading 104, maths 102
Based on: 96 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolSwale averageEngland↘ Falling Down 14 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 7 percentage points below the Swale average (62%).

Year 6 SATs: 29th of 46 junior and primary schools in the area

#27Kemsley Primary Academy57%
#28Bredgar Church of England Primary School56%
#29Minterne Junior School55%
#30Regis Manor Primary School54%
=31Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School53%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Borden Church of England Primary School94%
#2Minster in Sheppey Primary School89%
#3Sheldwich Primary School88%
#4Queenborough School and Nursery85%
#5Holywell Primary School84%
#6Ethelbert Road Primary School79%
=7Bobbing Village School75%
=7Graveney Primary School75%
#9Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School74%
=10Lansdowne Primary School73%
=10Newington Church of England Primary School73%
=12Halfway Houses Primary School72%
=12Rodmersham School72%
#14Sunny Bank Primary School71%
=15Davington Primary School70%
=15Hernhill Church of England Primary School70%
=17Ospringe Church of England Primary School69%
=17Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School69%
=19Canterbury Road Primary School67%
=19South Avenue Primary School67%
=19St Peter's Catholic Primary School67%
=19Westlands Primary School67%
#23West Minster Primary School66%
#24Richmond Primary School63%
#25St Georges CofE (Aided) Primary School60%
#26Eastling Primary School59%
#27Kemsley Primary Academy57%
#28Bredgar Church of England Primary School56%
#29Minterne Junior School55%
#30Regis Manor Primary School54%
=31Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School53%
=31Milton Court Primary Academy53%
#33Iwade School52%
#34Rose Street Primary School51%
#35Thistle Hill Academy49%
#36St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) Primary School45%
=37Grove Park Primary School43%
=37St Edward's Catholic Primary School43%
#39Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School and Nursery40%
#40Bysing Wood Primary School39%
=41Milstead and Frinsted Church of England Primary School38%
=41Selling Church of England Primary School38%
#43Luddenham School37%
#44Lower Halstow Primary School33%
#45Eastchurch Church of England Primary School25%
#46St. Clement's CofE Primary School15%

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £5,918 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

1st of 1 junior schools in Swale for spending per pupil

#1Minterne Junior School£5,918

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Minterne Junior School£5,918

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