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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 14 May 2025Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 5 July 2011Graded inspection: Good · as St Margaret's Infant School, URN 118464
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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 entry195 applications · 78 places offered · 67 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Medway median median 2.5
- 2025 2.5; Medway median median 2.8
- 2024 2.7; Medway median median 2.8
- 2023 2.2; Medway median median 2.2
- 2022 2.3; Medway median median 2.2
- 2021 2.2; Medway median median 2.1
- 2020 2.3; Medway median median 2.1
- 2019 1.9; Medway median median 2.2
- 2018 2.1; Medway median median 2.0
- 2017 2.0; Medway median median 2.0
- 2016 2.7; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2015 2.3; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2014 2.2; Medway median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Medway median
Dashed bars: as St Margaret's Infant School (URN 118464), 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 | 78 | 195 | 2.5 | 67 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2025 | 71 | 178 | 2.5 | 66 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 75 | 204 | 2.7 | 75 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 88 | 192 | 2.2 | 84 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 | 82 | 187 | 2.3 | 77 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 90 | 197 | 2.2 | 99 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2020 | 90 | 206 | 2.3 | 111 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2019 | 89 | 171 | 1.9 | 83 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 90 | 188 | 2.1 | 95 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2017 | 90 | 177 | 2.0 | 78 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2016 * | 89 | 242 | 2.7 | 126 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2015 * | 90 | 210 | 2.3 | 93 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2014 * | 90 | 199 | 2.2 | 114 | 1.27 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Margaret's Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20252.5applications per place
- 0.0 km · MedwayRemains Good202367%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Medway20263.3applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · MedwayGood20233.5applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · MedwayStandards maintained20251.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · MedwayRequires improvement20232.8applications per place
- 1.8 km · MedwayRemains Good20232.1applications per place
- 1.9 km · MedwayGood20233.1applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · MedwayStandards maintained20242.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144133 · 887/2479
- Trust
- The Westbrook Trust
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 312 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2017
- Replaced
- St Margaret's Infant School (URN 118464)
- Address
- St Margaret's Infant School, Orchard Street, Orchard Street, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9AE
- Local authority
- Medway
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