West Minster Primary School
Primary schoolWest Minster Primary School is a primary school in Swale, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 473 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 25 November 2025
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 66% of pupils at West Minster Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Kent and 62% in England.
14% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 14% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)740 m
- Rose Street Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 51% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
- Richmond Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- EKC Sheppey SecondarySecondary. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.7 km
- Queenborough School and NurseryPrimary. Outstanding (overall), July 2023. 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.8 km
- Halfway Houses Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2024. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Swale
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).