Gordons Children's Academy, Infant
Academy sponsor led primary school in Rochester (Medway).
Ofsted
Good
last graded, 2022
Early years (EYFS)
Good
Ofsted, Sep 2022
Attendance rate
94.5%
▼ 0.3pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
15.3
▼ 5.4 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
19.3%
▼ 6pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
SEN support
15.6%
▲ 0.2pp England 2025/26: 15.4%
2025/26
Capacity
71%
135 / 189 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Teacher turnover
51.2%
▲ 37pp England 2024/25: 14.5% (primary schools)
2024/25
Compare measures over time
Where each figure sits
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| Measure | Latest year | This school | In England | In Medway |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 2024/25 | 5.5% | joint 5,794th highest of 16,262 (39 schools have the same figure) | joint 30th highest of 73 (2 schools have the same figure) |
| Unauthorised absence | 2024/25 | 2.1% | joint 2,876th highest of 16,262 (43 schools have the same figure) | 15th highest of 73 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 2024/25 | 0% | joint 11,291st highest of 16,268 (4,978 schools have the same figure) | joint 57th highest of 73 (17 schools have the same figure) |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | 2024/25 | 0.0 | - | - |
| Permanent exclusions | 2024/25 | 0.00% | - | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 2025/26 | 19.3% | joint 8,689th highest of 16,710 (38 schools have the same figure) | 49th highest of 76 |
| Any SEN | 2025/26 | 17.8% | joint 9,412th highest of 16,706 (94 schools have the same figure) | 48th highest of 76 |
| SEN support | 2025/26 | 15.6% | joint 7,552nd highest of 16,706 (125 schools have the same figure) | 39th highest of 76 |
| Education, health and care plans | 2025/26 | 2.2% | joint 12,609th highest of 16,706 (311 schools have the same figure) | joint 55th highest of 76 (4 schools have the same figure) |
| Teachers (FTE) | 2024/25 | 8.0 | - | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | 2024/25 | 8 | - | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | 2024/25 | 5.7 | - | - |
| Pupils per teacher | 2024/25 | 17.9 | joint 12,964th highest of 16,147 (121 schools have the same figure) | 68th highest of 72 |
| Pupils per adult | 2024/25 | 10.4 | joint 9,093rd highest of 16,163 (324 schools have the same figure) | 56th highest of 72 |
| Teacher turnover | 2024/25 | 51.2% | joint 321st highest of 16,165 (5 schools have the same figure) | 2nd highest of 72 |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 2024/25 | 60% | - | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 2024/25 | 2.4 | - | - |
| Places | 2023/24 | 189 | - | - |
| Pupils | 2023/24 | 170 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 2023/24 | 10.1% | - | - |
"Nth highest of N" counts the schools of the same type in the same school year that have a figure, with the highest figure first. It says where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. Where other schools have exactly the same figure the position is called "joint" and the number of schools with that figure is given. A dash means no position is held, because only one school has a figure or every school has the same figure.
Ofsted inspections
- 27/09/2022 (school year 2022/23): Good
- 07/02/2017 (school year 2016/17): Good
Figures: the yearly series on this page. Positions: open schools in England, built 2026-10-27 from the DfE releases held by WhatSchool (school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, key stage 2 and 4), Open Government Licence v3.0. Ofsted dates: Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026. DfE has not published key stage 2 progress since 2022/23, so each progress measure has one year.
Attendance and behaviour
iAbsence is the share of possible sessions (half days) missed, for full academic years (no 2019/20 figure is published). Pupils suspended at least once and permanent exclusions are shares of pupils; suspensions per 100 pupils counts every suspension. 2020/21 and 2021/22 were affected by COVID-19.Overall absence5.5% 2024/25
This school
4.7%
2016/17
6%
2017/18
4.6%
2018/19
3.8%
2020/21
4.7%
2021/22
5.1%
2022/23
4.3%
2023/24
5.5%
2024/25
Unauthorised absence2.1% 2024/25
This school
1.3%
2016/17
2%
2017/18
1.9%
2018/19
1%
2020/21
1.8%
2021/22
2.1%
2022/23
1.5%
2023/24
2.1%
2024/25
Pupils suspended at least once0% 2024/25
This school
0%
2017/18
0.6%
2018/19
2.1%
2019/20
0%
2020/21
0%
2021/22
0%
2022/23
0.6%
2023/24
0%
2024/25
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.0 2024/25
This school
0.0
2017/18
0.6
2018/19
3.5
2019/20
0.0
2020/21
0.0
2021/22
0.0
2022/23
6.7
2023/24
0.0
2024/25
Permanent exclusions0.00% 2024/25
This school
0.00%
2017/18
0.00%
2018/19
0.00%
2019/20
0.00%
2020/21
0.00%
2021/22
0.00%
2022/23
0.00%
2023/24
0.00%
2024/25
Pupils
iPupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) and special educational needs (SEN) are shares of all pupils on roll in the January census.Eligible for free school meals (census)19.3% 2025/26
This school
5.6%
2019/20
15.9%
2020/21
18.6%
2021/22
25%
2022/23
25.2%
2023/24
24.5%
2024/25
19.3%
2025/26
Any SEN17.8% 2025/26
This school
6.9%
2019/20
7.3%
2020/21
7.1%
2021/22
11.6%
2022/23
16%
2023/24
17.5%
2024/25
17.8%
2025/26
SEN support15.6% 2025/26
This school
6.2%
2019/20
6%
2020/21
6.4%
2021/22
11.6%
2022/23
15.3%
2023/24
16.8%
2024/25
15.6%
2025/26
Education, health and care plans2.2% 2025/26
This school
0.7%
2019/20
1.3%
2020/21
0.6%
2021/22
0%
2022/23
0.6%
2023/24
0.7%
2024/25
2.2%
2025/26
Staff
iTeacher numbers are full-time equivalents (FTE) or headcount from the November school workforce census. Turnover is the share of teachers who left in the year.Teachers (FTE)8.0 2024/25
This school
7.2
2017/18
8.0
2018/19
8.8
2019/20
12.0
2020/21
13.0
2021/22
9.0
2022/23
7.0
2023/24
8.0
2024/25
Teachers (headcount)8 2024/25
This school
9
2017/18
9
2018/19
9
2019/20
13
2020/21
13
2021/22
9
2022/23
7
2023/24
8
2024/25
Teaching assistants (FTE)5.7 2024/25
This school
7.9
2017/18
6.3
2018/19
2.6
2019/20
3.7
2020/21
5.7
2021/22
4.8
2022/23
4.8
2023/24
5.7
2024/25
Pupils per teacher17.9 2024/25
This school
29.0
2017/18
25.7
2018/19
18.5
2019/20
13.7
2020/21
12.0
2021/22
18.2
2022/23
23.3
2023/24
17.9
2024/25
Pupils per adult10.4 2024/25
This school
8.9
2017/18
10.1
2018/19
11.6
2019/20
9.6
2020/21
8.3
2021/22
11.1
2022/23
12.8
2023/24
10.4
2024/25
Teacher turnover51.2% 2024/25
This school
8.3%
2017/18
65%
2018/19
41.2%
2019/20
54.3%
2020/21
24.2%
2021/22
34%
2022/23
16.1%
2023/24
51.2%
2024/25
Teachers taking sickness absence60% 2024/25
This school
62.5%
2016/17
41.7%
2017/18
50%
2018/19
66.7%
2020/21
81.8%
2021/22
75%
2022/23
100%
2023/24
60%
2024/25
Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers)2.4 2024/25
This school
4.3
2016/17
0.9
2017/18
4.2
2018/19
9.2
2020/21
5.0
2021/22
8.0
2022/23
4.2
2023/24
2.4
2024/25
Places
iPlaces and pupils come from the school capacity survey, so pupil numbers can differ from the January census figure.Places189 2023/24
This school
189
2015/16
189
2016/17
189
2017/18
189
2018/19
189
2020/21
189
2021/22
189
2022/23
189
2023/24
Pupils170 2023/24
This school
170
2015/16
168
2016/17
156
2017/18
162
2018/19
156
2020/21
157
2021/22
173
2022/23
170
2023/24
Unfilled places10.1% 2023/24
This school
10.1%
2015/16
11.1%
2016/17
17.5%
2017/18
14.3%
2018/19
17.5%
2020/21
16.9%
2021/22
8.5%
2022/23
10.1%
2023/24
All the numbers
iA dash means no published figure for that year. Each year is a school year, for example 2024/25 is September 2024 to August 2025.Yearly series held by WhatSchool from DfE school census, absence, exclusions, workforce, capacity and performance table releases. Series end at different years because DfE publishes them on different timetables. Latest-year values here can differ from the headline on another tab where DfE has revised a figure.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | - | - | 4.7% | 6% | 4.6% | - | 3.8% | 4.7% | 5.1% | 4.3% | 5.5% | - |
| Unauthorised absence | - | - | 1.3% | 2% | 1.9% | - | 1% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 1.5% | 2.1% | - |
| Pupils suspended at least once | - | - | 0% | 0% | 0.6% | 2.1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.6% | 0% | - |
| Suspensions per 100 pupils | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | - |
| Permanent exclusions | - | - | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | - |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | - | - | - | - | - | 5.6% | 15.9% | 18.6% | 25% | 25.2% | 24.5% | 19.3% |
| Any SEN | - | - | - | - | - | 6.9% | 7.3% | 7.1% | 11.6% | 16% | 17.5% | 17.8% |
| SEN support | - | - | - | - | - | 6.2% | 6% | 6.4% | 11.6% | 15.3% | 16.8% | 15.6% |
| Education, health and care plans | - | - | - | - | - | 0.7% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 0% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 2.2% |
| Teachers (FTE) | - | 8.8 | 11.2 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | - |
| Teachers (headcount) | - | 10 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 8 | - |
| Teaching assistants (FTE) | - | 4.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.7 | - |
| Pupils per teacher | - | 18.9 | 16.1 | 29.0 | 25.7 | 18.5 | 13.7 | 12.0 | 18.2 | 23.3 | 17.9 | - |
| Pupils per adult | - | 11.9 | 7.9 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 11.6 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 11.1 | 12.8 | 10.4 | - |
| Teacher turnover | 46.9% | 40.5% | 75% | 8.3% | 65% | 41.2% | 54.3% | 24.2% | 34% | 16.1% | 51.2% | - |
| Teachers taking sickness absence | 45.5% | 38.5% | 62.5% | 41.7% | 50% | - | 66.7% | 81.8% | 75% | 100% | 60% | - |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 1.5 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 4.2 | - | 9.2 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 4.2 | 2.4 | - |
| Places | 189 | 189 | 189 | 189 | 189 | - | 189 | 189 | 189 | 189 | - | - |
| Pupils | 168 | 170 | 168 | 156 | 162 | - | 156 | 157 | 173 | 170 | - | - |
| Unfilled places | 11.1% | 10.1% | 11.1% | 17.5% | 14.3% | - | 17.5% | 16.9% | 8.5% | 10.1% | - | - |
Where this school sits in England
iEach figure is placed among state-funded primary schools in England that report it for the same school year. "Higher than 70% of schools" means 70 in every 100 schools have a lower figure. This describes where a figure sits, not whether it is good: for absence and suspensions lower is usually better, while free school meals and special needs reflect who the school serves. It is not a ranking of the school.Scroll sideways for more
| Measure | This school | Year | Position | Schools compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence | 5.5% | 2024/25 | Higher than 64% of schools | 15,967 |
| Unauthorised absence | 2.1% | 2024/25 | Higher than 82% of schools | 15,967 |
| Pupils suspended at least once | 0% | 2024/25 | Higher than 0% of schools | 15,971 |
| Pupils per teacher | 15.3 | 2025/26 | Higher than 8% of schools | 16,358 |
| Pupils per adult | 7.2 | 2025/26 | Higher than 5% of schools | 16,358 |
| Teacher turnover | 51.2% | 2024/25 | Higher than 98% of schools | 15,868 |
| Sickness days lost per teacher (all teachers) | 2.4 | 2024/25 | Higher than 40% of schools | 15,016 |
| Eligible for free school meals (census) | 19.3% | 2025/26 | Higher than 48% of schools | 16,436 |
| Special educational needs | 17.8% | 2025/26 | Higher than 43% of schools | 16,436 |
| Education, health and care plans | 2.2% | 2025/26 | Higher than 23% of schools | 16,436 |
| English as an additional language | 34.1% | 2025/26 | Higher than 80% of schools | 16,436 |
| Pupils on roll | 135 | year not recorded | Higher than 20% of schools | 16,437 |
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