Junior schools start at Year 3, so children join here from an infant school.
Infant school
Gordons Children's Academy, Infant
This school
Gordons Children's Academy, Junior
Partner infant school
Gordons Children's Academy, Infant
Reception to Year 2 · next door from Gordons Children's Academy, Junior
Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Gordons Children's Academy, Infant.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 27 September 2022
Compared with the local authority and England
The share of pupils reaching the standard expected for their age, and the share going beyond it.
| Measure | School | Medway | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths — expected | 65% | 61% | 63% |
| Reading, writing & maths — higher | 1% | 7% | 8% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — expected | 75% | 66% | 73% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — higher | 29% | 23% | 30% |
A score of 100 is the expected standard; 110 or more is a higher standard.
| Subject | School | Medway | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Maths | 104 | 104 | 105 |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling | 104 | 104 | 105 |
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Gordons Children's Academy, Junior was graded Good at its last Ofsted inspection, on 27 September 2022.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Year 3 place starting that September. Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Gordons Children's Academy, Infant. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
No. Distance only counts when Gordons Children's Academy, Junior has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Gordons Children's Academy, Junior had 296 pupils aged 7 to 11 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 400. It is a mixed school.
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