Chantry Community Primary School
Ordnance Road, Gravesend, DA12 2RL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- BEYOND SCHOOLS TRUST
- Head of School
- Mrs Kathryn Duncan
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- FPTA Academies (Fort Pitt Grammar School and The Thomas Aveling School)
- Constituency
- Gravesham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 441
- URN
- 139254
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01474350011
About this school
Chantry Community Primary School is a primary academy in Gravesend. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 441 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Chantry Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 58 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 47% | 45% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 59% | 58% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 55% | 52% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 59% | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Chantry Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59% | 58.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 60.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 45% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 454 |
| 2023/24 | 453 |
| 2024/25 | 464 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Chantry Community Primary School compares
Chantry Community Primary School ranked 380th of 427 primary schools in Kent for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45% | 8.1% | 50.5% | 441 | — |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | 46% | 5% | 31.1% | 458 | 0.3 miles |
| St John's Catholic Primary School, Gravesend | 73% | 4.6% | 19.1% | 869 | 0.5 miles |
| Wrotham Road Primary School | 73% | 5.2% | 30.1% | 454 | 0.6 miles |
| Westcourt Primary School | 47% | 7.5% | 52.6% | 285 | 1.0 miles |
| Whitehill Primary School | 42% | 7.6% | 37.7% | 515 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50.48%
- English as an additional language
- 61%
- Overall absence
- 8.05%
- Persistent absence
- 24.47%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Gravesend
-
St John's Catholic Primary School, Gravesend0.5 miles
Primary · Gravesend
-
Wrotham Road Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Gravesend
-
Westcourt Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Gravesend
-
Whitehill Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Gravesend
Other schools in Gravesend
Chantry Community Primary School ranks 22nd of the 24 ranked primary schools in Gravesend.
- Cecil Road Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Cobham Primary School Primary
- Copperfield Academy Primary
- Culverstone Green Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Primary
- Istead Rise Primary School Primary
- King's Farm Primary School Primary
- Lawn Primary School Primary
- Meopham Community Academy Primary
- Painters Ash Primary School Primary
- Sedley's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Shears Green Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Chantry Community Primary School teach?
- Chantry Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Gravesend.
- Who is the head of school of Chantry Community Primary School?
- The head of school of Chantry Community Primary School is Mrs Kathryn Duncan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Chantry Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Chantry Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Chantry Community Primary School?
- Chantry Community Primary School has 441 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Chantry Community Primary School full?
- Chantry Community Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 441 on roll (105%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Chantry Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Chantry Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Chantry Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Chantry Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Chantry Community Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Chantry Community Primary School is part of BEYOND SCHOOLS TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Chantry Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 45% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Chantry Community Primary School compare with other schools in Kent?
- Chantry Community Primary School ranked 380th of 427 primary schools in Kent for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Chantry Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Chantry Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Chantry Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Chantry Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.