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Bligh Primary School (Infants)

  • 2–7Ages
  • 303Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 144915URN

Bligh Way, Strood, Rochester, ME2 2XJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.6 below Medway median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Medway

143 applications for 74 places · 54th of 62 in Medway
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 4 March 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.9applications per place, Reception
0.6 below Medway median (2.5) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

143 applications · 74 places offered · 69 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Medway median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.0; Medway median median 2.8
  3. 2024 2.0; Medway median median 2.8
  4. 2023 1.8; Medway median median 2.2
  5. 2022 1.6; Medway median median 2.2
  6. 2021 1.8; Medway median median 2.1
  7. 2020 1.7; Medway median median 2.1
  8. 2019 1.8; Medway median median 2.2
  9. 2018 1.7; Medway median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.5; Medway median median 2.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.6; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.1; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.4; Medway median median 2.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Medway median in 0 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Medway median

Dashed bars: as Bligh Infant School (URN 118500), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026741431.9690.93
Sep 2025721472.0690.96
Sep 2024891742.0880.99
Sep 2023721261.8650.90
Sep 2022781241.6720.92
Sep 2021751351.8680.91
Sep 2020761301.7710.93
Sep 2019811451.8720.89
Sep 2018891531.7830.93
Sep 2017 *891361.5870.98
Sep 2016 *601582.6821.37
Sep 2015 *601262.1691.15
Sep 2014 *601412.4811.35

Schools nearby

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  • 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
144915 · 887/2537
Trust
Maritime Academy Trust
Capacity
270 pupils · 303 on roll
Free school meals
26.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 October 2017
Replaced
Bligh Infant School (URN 118500)
Address
Bligh Way, Strood, Rochester, ME2 2XJ
Local authority
Medway

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources