Maundene School
Swallow Rise, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 7QB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- INSPIRE PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Joanne Capes
- Sponsor
- Inspire Partnership Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Chatham and Aylesford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 385
- URN
- 145112
- Local authority
- Medway
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01634864721
About this school
Maundene School is a primary academy in Chatham. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 385 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 57 | 60 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 68% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 10% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 77% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 80% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 78% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.90 | - | - |
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 Maundene 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 | 60% | 56.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 59.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 395 |
| 2023/24 | 398 |
| 2024/25 | 394 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Maundene School compares
Maundene School ranked 39th of 57 primary schools in Medway for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 4.4% | 27.2% | 385 | — |
| St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 397 | 0.4 miles |
| Oaklands School | 70% | 6.3% | 42.6% | 444 | 0.6 miles |
| Kingfisher Community Primary School | 66% | 4.9% | 44% | 208 | 0.6 miles |
| Walderslade Primary School | 77% | 5% | 14.9% | 235 | 0.6 miles |
| Wayfield Primary School | 31% | 8.1% | 41.3% | 428 | 0.7 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)
- 27.16%
- English as an additional language
- 10.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.36%
- Persistent absence
- 9.58%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Chatham
-
Oaklands School0.6 miles
Primary · Chatham
-
Kingfisher Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Chatham
-
Walderslade Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Chatham
-
Wayfield Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Chatham
Other schools in Chatham
Maundene School ranks 13th of the 17 ranked primary schools in Chatham.
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Balfour Junior School Primary
- Greenvale Primary School Primary
- Horsted Infant School Primary
- Horsted Junior School Primary
- Kingfisher Community Primary School Primary
- Lordswood School Primary
- Luton Primary School Primary
- New Horizons Children's Academy Primary
- New Road Primary School Primary
- Oaklands School Primary
- Phoenix Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Maundene School teach?
- Maundene School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Chatham.
- Who is the headteacher of Maundene School?
- The headteacher of Maundene School is Miss Joanne Capes, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Maundene School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Maundene 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 big is Maundene School?
- Maundene School has 385 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Maundene School full?
- Maundene School has capacity for 420 pupils and 385 on roll (92%), so it has space against 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 Maundene School a faith school?
- No. Maundene School has no designated religious character.
- Does Maundene School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Maundene School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Maundene School?
- Maundene School is part of INSPIRE PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Maundene School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Maundene School rank locally?
- Maundene School ranked 39th of 57 primary schools in Medway for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Maundene School's absence rate?
- Maundene School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Maundene School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Maundene 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 10 July 2026.