Warren Wood Primary School
Arethusa Road, Rochester, ME1 2UR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- BEYOND SCHOOLS TRUST
- Acting Head of School
- Mr Gavin Evans
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- FPTA Academies (Fort Pitt Grammar School and The Thomas Aveling School)
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Chatham and Aylesford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 458
- URN
- 140989
- Local authority
- Medway
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01634401401
About this school
Warren Wood Primary School is a primary academy in Rochester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 458 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Warren Wood 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 62 | 64 | 69 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 47% | 38% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 50% | 58% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 45% | 53% | 48% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 40% | 48% | 45% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 100.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.50 | - | - |
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 Warren Wood 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 | Medway average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42% | 56.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 38% | 59.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 486 |
| 2023/24 | 486 |
| 2024/25 | 470 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Warren Wood Primary School compares
Warren Wood Primary School ranked 53rd of 57 primary schools in Medway for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38% | 5.7% | 38.1% | 458 | — |
| Crest Infant School | — | 9.1% | 37.7% | 121 | 0.5 miles |
| Delce Academy | 60% | 8.7% | 53.2% | 287 | 0.5 miles |
| Balfour Infant School | — | 4.9% | 23.1% | 244 | 0.6 miles |
| New Horizons Children's Academy | 35% | 5.3% | 22.2% | 618 | 0.7 miles |
| St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 211 | 0.8 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 38.06%
- English as an additional language
- 18.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.65%
- Persistent absence
- 14.73%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Crest Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Rochester
-
Delce Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Rochester
-
Balfour Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · Rochester
-
New Horizons Children's Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Chatham
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St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Rochester
Other schools in Rochester
Warren Wood Primary School ranks 25th of the 25 ranked primary schools in Rochester.
- All Faiths Children's Academy Primary
- Balfour Infant School Primary
- Bligh Primary School (Infants) Primary
- Bligh Primary School (Juniors) Primary
- Burham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cedar Children's Academy Primary
- Chattenden Primary School Primary
- Cliffe Woods Primary School Primary
- Crest Infant School Primary
- Cuxton Community Infant School Primary
- Cuxton Community Junior School Primary
- Delce Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Warren Wood Primary School teach?
- Warren Wood Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Rochester.
- Who is the acting head of school of Warren Wood Primary School?
- The acting head of school of Warren Wood Primary School is Mr Gavin Evans, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Warren Wood Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Warren Wood 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 Warren Wood Primary School?
- Warren Wood Primary School has 458 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Warren Wood Primary School full?
- Warren Wood Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 458 on roll (109%), 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 Warren Wood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Warren Wood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Warren Wood Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Warren Wood Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Warren Wood Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Warren Wood 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.
- What SEN provision does Warren Wood Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Warren Wood Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Warren Wood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 42% in 2022/23 and 38% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Warren Wood Primary School compare with other schools in Medway?
- Warren Wood Primary School ranked 53rd of 57 primary schools in Medway for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Warren Wood Primary School's absence rate?
- Warren Wood Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Warren Wood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Warren Wood 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.