West Minster Primary School

State-Funded School

west-minster-primary-school-kent-south-east

South EastRegion

KentLocal Authority

Sittingbourne and SheppeyConstituency

ME12 1ETPostcode

7.7

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

West Minster Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Kent, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 473 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 25 Nov 2025 · published 21 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 76%
Higher standard: 6%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

96%

Asian

<1%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

473

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

57%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 473
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 1 December 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
12 Jan 2017	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.