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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected 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 · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 17 November 2021Ungraded 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 entry129 applications · 70 places offered · 63 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Medway median median 2.5
- 2025 1.9; Medway median median 2.8
- 2024 2.1; Medway median median 2.8
- 2023 2.0; Medway median median 2.2
- 2022 1.9; Medway median median 2.2
- 2021 1.8; Medway median median 2.1
- 2020 1.8; Medway median median 2.1
- 2019 1.9; Medway median median 2.2
- 2018 1.6; Medway median median 2.0
- 2017 1.6; Medway median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.9; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Medway median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Medway median
Dashed bars: as Featherby Infant and Nursery School (URN 118421), 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 | 70 | 129 | 1.8 | 63 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 83 | 154 | 1.9 | 80 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 80 | 164 | 2.1 | 75 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 65 | 131 | 2.0 | 60 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 71 | 133 | 1.9 | 63 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2021 | 76 | 134 | 1.8 | 68 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 | 71 | 125 | 1.8 | 60 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2019 | 71 | 131 | 1.9 | 60 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2018 | 69 | 110 | 1.6 | 63 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 * | 77 | 123 | 1.6 | 69 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 * | 88 | 169 | 1.9 | 81 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 * | 90 | 184 | 2.0 | 88 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 * | 90 | 162 | 1.8 | 80 | 0.89 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Featherby Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.8applications per place
- 0.2 km · MedwayGood202264%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · MedwayGood20233.1applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · MedwayRemains Good20232.1applications per place
- 1.4 km · MedwayGood20243.1applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · MedwayImproved significantly20242.8applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · MedwayGood20233.5applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20242.5applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 145042 · 887/2401
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 282 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Replaced
- Featherby Infant and Nursery School (URN 118421)
- Address
- Allington Road, Gillingham, ME8 6PD
- Local authority
- Medway
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources