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Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy[1]

Primary · ages 3–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 84% 84% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
84% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
15% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
108 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
108 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 78%[4] 3%[4] 110[4] 107[4]
2022/23 65%[5] 1%[5] 105[5] 105[5]
2018/19 67%[6] 0%[6] 104[6] 104[6]
2017/18 52%[7] 0%[7] 99[7] 99[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
12 Nov 2024[8]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[8]
Report published
10 Dec 2024[8]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[8]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Improved significantly[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
3 Dec 2019[9] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[9] Good[9]
3 Oct 2017[10] Academy First Section 5[10] Requires improvement[10]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.8 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Applications (any preference)
191 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences
66 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Places offered
69 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 172[11] 56[11] 60[11] 2.9[11] 0.9[11]
Entry Sept 2024 198[11] 57[11] 62[11] 3.2[11] 0.9[11]
Entry Sept 2023 166[11] 51[11] 51[11] 3.3[11] 1.0[11]
Entry Sept 2022 142[11] 43[11] 49[11] 2.9[11] 0.9[11]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
3–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
630[1]
Trust
THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Medway[1]
Website
https://www.napier-kemnal.org/[1]
District
Medway[12]
Postcode
ME7 4HG[1]
URN
141199[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
620 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
35.2% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
15.2% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
0.7% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
33.2% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
48.9%[14]
Mixed
10.6%[14]
Asian
13.1%[14]
Black
23.8%[14]
Any other ethnic group
1.5%[14]
Unclassified
2.2%[14]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.