SchoolScoresSchools in Medway
School admissions in Medway: application deadlines, offer days and all 111 schools (76 state primary schools, 20 state secondary schools, 1 sixth form college, 5 special schools and 7 independent schools) with Ofsted inspections and results.
Admissions dates
You apply through the council where you live, even for schools in another council area. The closing dates and offer days are set nationally.
| Starting | Apply by | Offers sent |
|---|---|---|
| Secondary school (Year 7) | 31 October | 1 March |
| Primary school (Reception) | 15 January | 16 April |
If an offer day falls on a weekend or bank holiday, offers go out on the next working day. Check Medway's website for local arrangements and in-year applications.
Best primary schools in Medway · Best secondary schools in Medway · Best sixth forms in Medway · Grammar schools in Medway (6) · Private schools in Medway
Towns
Chatham · Gillingham (Medway) · Rochester
Latest Ofsted reports in Medway
| School | Report card | Published |
|---|---|---|
| St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School Academy · Rochester | 7 strong Inspected 16 June 2026 | 20 July 2026 |
| Leigh Academy Strood Academy · Rochester | 5 strong, 2 expected Inspected 9 June 2026 | 13 July 2026 |
| Rainham School for Girls Academy · Gillingham | 5 strong, 2 expected Inspected 19 May 2026 | 12 July 2026 |
| Featherby Infant and Nursery School Academy · Gillingham | 1 strong, 6 expected Inspected 12 May 2026 | 24 June 2026 |
| Cuxton Community Infant School Academy · Rochester | 3 strong, 4 expected Inspected 12 May 2026 | 23 June 2026 |
| The Howard School Academy · Gillingham | 1 exceptional, 4 strong, 2 expected Inspected 24 February 2026 | 18 June 2026 |
| Alchemy School Independent special school · Gillingham | 1 strong, 5 expected Inspected 17 March 2026 · Before: Good (2023) | 10 June 2026 |
| The Rowans Academy · Chatham | 6 strong Inspected 9 December 2025 · Before: Outstanding (2021) | 1 March 2026 |
| Wayfield Primary School Academy · Chatham | Safeguarding not met; Special measures; 2 needs attention, 5 urgent improvement Inspected 4 December 2025 · Before: No overall grade (2024) | 5 February 2026 |
Ofsted report cards published in the year to 31 August 2026. Latest reports across England.
Primary schools (76) · Secondary schools (20) · Sixth form colleges (1) · Special schools (5) · Independent schools (7) · Alternative provision (2)
Primary schools
76 schools.
- All Faiths Children's Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2020), some aspects weaker 2025 · 61% met expected standard (KS2)
- All Saints CofE Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2014, before conversion), confirmed 2024 · 68% met expected standard (KS2)
- Balfour Infant School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024)
- Balfour Junior School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2015, before conversion), confirmed 2024 · 71% met expected standard (KS2)
- Barnsole Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 52% met expected standard (KS2)
- Bligh Primary School (Infants) Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025)
- Bligh Primary School (Juniors) Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 56% met expected standard (KS2)
- Brompton-Westbrook Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2015), confirmed 2024 · 68% met expected standard (KS2)
- Burnt Oak Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Not yet inspected · 46% met expected standard (KS2)
- Byron Primary School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 51% met expected standard (KS2)
- Cedar Children's Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2024 · 57% met expected standard (KS2)
- Chattenden Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 69% met expected standard (KS2)
- Cliffe Woods Primary School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 53% met expected standard (KS2)
- Crest Infant School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2016), confirmed 2025
- Cuxton Community Infant School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 3 strong, 4 expected
- Cuxton Community Junior School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2017), confirmed 2022 · 72% met expected standard (KS2)
- Deanwood Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2012, before conversion), confirmed 2024 · 28% met expected standard (KS2)
- Delce Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 60% met expected standard (KS2)
- Elaine Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 70% met expected standard (KS2)
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023, before conversion) · 71% met expected standard (KS2)
- Fairview Community Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2015), confirmed 2024 · 73% met expected standard (KS2)
- Featherby Infant and Nursery School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 1 strong, 6 expected
- Featherby Junior School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 64% met expected standard (KS2)
- Gordons Children's Academy, Infant Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022)
- Gordons Children's Academy, Junior Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 65% met expected standard (KS2)
- Greenvale Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023)
- Halling Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 71% met expected standard (KS2)
- Hempstead Infant School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2018), confirmed 2024
- Hempstead Junior School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed 2024 · 72% met expected standard (KS2)
- Hilltop Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2016, before conversion), confirmed 2022 · 62% met expected standard (KS2)
- Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the Marlborough Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 52% met expected standard (KS2)
- Horsted Infant School Academy · Ofsted: Not yet inspected
- Horsted Junior School Academy · Ofsted: Not yet inspected · 74% met expected standard (KS2)
- Kingfisher Community Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2025 · 66% met expected standard (KS2)
- Leigh Academy High Halstow Academy · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · 81% met expected standard (KS2)
- Leigh Academy Peninsula East Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 61% met expected standard (KS2)
- Lordswood School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 76% met expected standard (KS2)
- Luton Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023, before conversion) · 36% met expected standard (KS2)
- Maundene School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 56% met expected standard (KS2)
- Miers Court Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2015, before conversion), confirmed 2021 · 56% met expected standard (KS2)
- Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2019), improved significantly 2024 · 84% met expected standard (KS2)
- New Horizons Children's Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2017), confirmed 2022 · 35% met expected standard (KS2)
- New Road Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2017), confirmed 2023 · 66% met expected standard (KS2)
- Oaklands School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2018, before conversion), confirmed 2023 · 70% met expected standard (KS2)
- Oasis Academy Skinner Street Academy · Ofsted: Good (2021) · 52% met expected standard (KS2)
- Parkwood Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2023, before conversion) · 58% met expected standard (KS2)
- Phoenix Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 38% met expected standard (KS2)
- Riverside Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2025 · 56% met expected standard (KS2)
- Rochester Riverside CofE Primary School Free school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025)
- Saxon Way Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2016), confirmed 2025 · 62% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed 2024 · 70% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2015, before conversion) · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Helen's CofE Primary School, Cliffe Voluntary controlled school · Ofsted: Good (2015), confirmed 2024 · 71% met expected standard (KS2)
- St James CofE Primary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2018), confirmed 2023 · 38% met expected standard (KS2)
- St John's CofE Infant School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024)
- St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 7 strong · 79% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Margaret's CofE Junior School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2013, before conversion), confirmed 2023 · 67% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Margaret's Infant School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2011, before conversion), improved significantly 2025
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 57% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Mary's Island CofE (Aided) Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2023 · 71% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Michael Catholic Primary and Nursery School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2016, before conversion), confirmed 2019 · 78% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Nicholas CEVC Primary School Voluntary controlled school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025)
- St Peter's Infant School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2018), confirmed 2024
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024, before conversion) · 78% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2013, before conversion), confirmed 2023 · 65% met expected standard (KS2)
- St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2014, before conversion), confirmed 2023 · 55% met expected standard (KS2)
- Swingate Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Not yet inspected · 81% met expected standard (KS2)
- Temple Mill Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2018), confirmed 2024 · 66% met expected standard (KS2)
- Thames View Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 80% met expected standard (KS2)
- The Academy of Woodlands Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 69% met expected standard (KS2)
- The Pilgrim School (A CofE Primary With Nursery) Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 83% met expected standard (KS2)
- Twydall Primary School and Nursery Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 52% met expected standard (KS2)
- Wainscott Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 48% met expected standard (KS2)
- Walderslade Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2015, before conversion), confirmed, may be improving 2024 · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- Warren Wood Primary School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 38% met expected standard (KS2)
- Wayfield Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2025: safeguarding not met; 2 needs attention, 5 urgent improvement · 31% met expected standard (KS2)
Secondary schools
20 schools.
- Brompton Academy Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 25% grade 5+ English and maths
- Chatham Grammar Grammar school · Ofsted: Good (2018), confirmed 2023 · 76% grade 5+ English and maths
- Fort Pitt Grammar School Grammar school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · 85% grade 5+ English and maths
- Greenacre School Academy · Ofsted: Inadequate (2023, before conversion) · 17% grade 5+ English and maths
- Holcombe Grammar School Grammar school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2024 · 85% grade 5+ English and maths
- Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo Academy · Ofsted: Good (2018), confirmed, may be improving 2024 · 39% grade 5+ English and maths
- Leigh Academy Rainham Free school · Ofsted: Good (2024)
- Leigh Academy Strood Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 5 strong, 2 expected · 23% grade 5+ English and maths
- Maritime Academy Free school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025)
- Rainham Mark Grammar School Grammar school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 87% grade 5+ English and maths
- Rainham School for Girls Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 5 strong, 2 expected · 30% grade 5+ English and maths
- Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School Grammar school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · 94% grade 5+ English and maths
- St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 32% grade 5+ English and maths
- The Howard School Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 1 exceptional, 4 strong, 2 expected · 33% grade 5+ English and maths
- The Robert Napier School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 16% grade 5+ English and maths
- The Rochester Grammar School Grammar school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 92% grade 5+ English and maths
- The Thomas Aveling School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2016), confirmed 2022 · 26% grade 5+ English and maths
- The Victory Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 22% grade 5+ English and maths
- Walderslade School Academy · Ofsted: Inadequate (2023, before conversion) · 11% grade 5+ English and maths
- Waterfront UTC University technical college · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 20% grade 5+ English and maths
Sixth form colleges
1 school.
- Oasis Restore Academy · Ofsted: Not yet inspected
Special schools
5 schools.
- Abbey Court Foundation Special School Special school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2012), confirmed 2023
- Bradfields Academy Special academy · Ofsted: Outstanding (2017), confirmed 2022
- Danecourt School Special academy · Ofsted: Good (2019), improved significantly 2024 · 0% met expected standard (KS2)
- INSPIRE Free Special School Special free school · Ofsted: Good (2018), confirmed 2023 · 0% grade 5+ English and maths
- Rivermead School Special academy · Ofsted: Good (2014, before conversion), confirmed 2024 · 4% grade 5+ English and maths
Independent schools
7 schools.
- Alchemy School Independent · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 1 strong, 5 expected
- Blue Skies School Independent · Ofsted: Good (2023)
- City of Rochester School Independent · Ofsted: Good (2024)
- King's School, Rochester Independent, inspected by ISI · 25% A*/A at A level
- Ripplevale School Rochester Independent, inspected by ISI
- Rochester Independent College Independent, inspected by ISI · 26% A*/A at A level
- St Andrew's School (Rochester) Independent, inspected by ISI
Alternative provision
2 schools.
- The Rowans Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2025: 6 strong
- Will Adams Academy Academy · Ofsted: Good (2014, before conversion), confirmed 2024
Page updated 26 September 2026.