Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
Inspection history
- 10 October 2023Graded inspection: Good · as Horsted Infant School, URN 118442
- 6 July 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) · as Horsted Infant School, URN 118442
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- 2026 2.0; Medway median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2025 2.4; Medway median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2024 2.6; Medway median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2023 2.6; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2022 2.7; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2021 2.5; Medway median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2020 3.2; Medway median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2019 3.6; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2018 3.2; Medway median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 3.0; Medway median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 2.4; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2015 2.7; Medway median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Medway median median 2.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Medway median
Dashed bars: as Horsted Infant School (URN 118442), the previous school.
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 * | 54 | 110 | 2.0 | 52 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 * | 51 | 121 | 2.4 | 46 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2024 * | 56 | 143 | 2.6 | 53 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 * | 60 | 158 | 2.6 | 72 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2022 * | 59 | 160 | 2.7 | 72 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2021 * | 60 | 152 | 2.5 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2020 * | 59 | 190 | 3.2 | 80 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2019 * | 59 | 212 | 3.6 | 96 | 1.63 |
| Sep 2018 * | 60 | 193 | 3.2 | 74 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2017 * | 60 | 181 | 3.0 | 83 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2016 * | 59 | 141 | 2.4 | 53 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 164 | 2.7 | 55 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 117 | 2.0 | 52 | 0.87 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Horsted Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood2023
- 0.1 km · MedwayRemains Good2023
- 0.9 km · MedwayRemains Good20231.9applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20242.5applications per place
- 1.5 km · MedwayRemains Good · improving20244.4applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · MedwayGood20222.2applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · MedwayNot yet inspected
- 1.7 km · MedwaySpecial measures 20252.4applications per place 31%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
- 152589 · 887/2439
- Trust
- The Bluebell MAT
- Capacity
- 180 pupils
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2026
- Replaced
- Horsted Infant School (URN 118442)
- Address
- Barberry Avenue, Chatham, ME5 9TF
- Local authority
- Medway
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources