Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Medway
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 12 May 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 30 March 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry111 applications · 60 places offered · 61 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Medway median median 2.5
- 2025 1.9; Medway median median 2.8
- 2024 1.9; Medway median median 2.8
- 2023 1.6; Medway median median 2.2
- 2022 1.6; Medway median median 2.2
- 2021 1.7; Medway median median 2.1
- 2020 1.7; Medway median median 2.1
- 2019 1.8; Medway median median 2.2
- 2018 1.7; Medway median median 2.0
- 2017 1.7; Medway median median 2.0
- 2016 1.4; Medway median median 2.2
- 2015 1.6; Medway median median 2.2
- 2014 1.3; Medway median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Medway median
Dashed bars: as Cuxton Community Infant School (URN 118323), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 60 | 111 | 1.9 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 111 | 1.9 | 65 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2024 | 59 | 109 | 1.9 | 55 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 59 | 92 | 1.6 | 54 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 93 | 1.6 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 56 | 93 | 1.7 | 54 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 57 | 95 | 1.7 | 51 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 | 59 | 104 | 1.8 | 59 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 48 | 80 | 1.7 | 44 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 | 53 | 89 | 1.7 | 52 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 52 | 70 | 1.4 | 48 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 | 50 | 80 | 1.6 | 43 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 * | 58 | 77 | 1.3 | 47 | 0.81 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Cuxton Community Infant SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place
- 0.1 km · MedwayRemains Good202272%met the SATs standard
- Graded · no overall grade20254.1applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · MedwayStandards maintained20241.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · MedwayGood202356%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place
- 2.8 km · MedwayGood20223.3applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · MedwayRemains Good20232.7applications per place
- 3.3 km · MedwayNot yet inspected
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141276 · 887/2208
- Capacity
- 268 pupils · 257 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Replaced
- Cuxton Community Infant School (URN 118323)
- Address
- Bush Road, Cuxton, Rochester, ME2 1EY
- Local authority
- Medway
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources