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Parkwood Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 476Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 151419URN

Deanwood Drive, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9LP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
0.3 above Medway median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Medway

142 applications for 51 places · 25th of 62 in Medway
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 7 June 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early years provisionRequires improvement

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
2.8applications per place, Reception
0.3 above Medway median (2.5) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

142 applications · 51 places offered · 50 named it first

  1. 2026 2.8; Medway median median 2.5
  2. 2025 3.3; Medway median median 2.8
  3. 2024 2.8; Medway median median 2.8; as the previous school
  4. 2023 2.7; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
  5. 2022 2.8; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
  6. 2021 2.5; Medway median median 2.1; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.1; Medway median median 2.1; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.0; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.5; Medway median median 2.0; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.1; Medway median median 2.0; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.4; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.9; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.2; Medway median median 2.1; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Medway median

Dashed bars: as Parkwood Primary School (URN 118472), Park Wood Junior School (URN 118471), 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 2026511422.8500.98
Sep 2025451493.3420.93
Sep 2024 *581652.8570.98
Sep 2023 *601632.7631.05
Sep 2022 *601652.8621.03
Sep 2021 *651632.5620.95
Sep 2020 *811712.1780.96
Sep 2019 *821632.0780.95
Sep 2018 *681732.5610.90
Sep 2017 *901902.1880.98
Sep 2016 *902172.4870.97
Sep 2015 *902582.91001.11
Sep 2014 *901962.2800.89

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • 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
151419 · 887/2494
Trust
The Primary First Trust
Capacity
540 pupils · 476 on roll
Free school meals
18.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2025
Replaced
Parkwood Primary School (URN 118472); Park Wood Junior School (URN 118471)
Address
Deanwood Drive, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9LP
Local authority
Medway

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