Medway schools and catchments

Medway Council has 89 primary schools and 36 secondary schools. 7% of Medway's schools are private schools. 26 state schools in Medway follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 82 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Medway

  1. Outstanding 15
  2. Good 78
  3. Requires Improvement 5
  4. Inadequate 5

Most popular state schools
in Medway in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    The Pilgrim School (A Church of England Primary With Nursery)

    Academy converter • Borstal, Rochester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Barnsole Primary School

    Academy converter • Gillingham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Horsted Infant School

    Community school • Chatham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Swingate Primary School

    Community school • Lordswood, Chatham

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Chattenden Primary School

    Academy converter • Chattenden, Rochester

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Cliffe Woods Primary School

    Academy converter • Cliffe Woods, Rochester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Chatham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  8. 8

    Hempstead Infant School

    Community school • Hempstead, Gillingham

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    All Faiths Children's Academy

    Academy converter • Strood, Rochester

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Walderslade Primary School

    Academy converter • Walderslade, Chatham

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Hilltop Primary Academy

    Academy converter • Frindsbury, Rochester

    Ofsted: Good

  12. 12

    All Saints Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter • Chatham

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Woodlands Primary School

    Academy converter • Gillingham

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    High Halstow Primary Academy

    Academy converter • High Halstow, Rochester

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Strood, Rochester

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    St Benedict's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Lordswood, Chatham

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Burnt Oak Primary School

    Community school • Gillingham

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  18. 18

    Thames View Primary School

    Academy converter • Rainham, Gillingham

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    Brompton-Westbrook Primary School

    Academy converter • Brompton, Gillingham

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Riverside Primary School

    Academy converter • Rainham, Gillingham

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Brompton Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Gillingham

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    The Rochester Grammar School

    Academy converter • Rochester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School

    Academy converter • Rochester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    The Thomas Aveling School

    Academy converter • Rochester

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Rainham Mark Grammar School

    Academy converter • Rainham, Gillingham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    Rainham School for Girls

    Academy converter • Rainham, Gillingham

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Strood Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Strood, Rochester

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Fort Pitt Grammar School

    Academy converter • Chatham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  9. 9

    The Howard School

    Academy converter • Rainham, Gillingham

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Holcombe Grammar School

    Academy converter • Maidstone Road, Chatham

    Ofsted: Good

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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