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Best primary schools in Medway

56 of 77 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Medway schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy Gillingham 84.0% Good improving about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 The Pilgrim School (A Church of England Primary With Nursery) Rochester 83.0% Not judged oversubscribed 1.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Leigh Academy High Halstow Rochester 81.0% Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.43 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Swingate Primary School Chatham 81.0% Good declining about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Thames View Primary School Gillingham 80.0% Good oversubscribed 1.45 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School Rochester 79.0% Good oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Chatham 77.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Walderslade Primary School Chatham 77.0% Good oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Lordswood School Chatham 76.0% Not judged improving about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Horsted Junior School Chatham 74.0% Good — approximate
11 Fairview Community Primary School Gillingham 73.0% Good about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Cuxton Community Junior School Rochester 72.0% Good — approximate
13 Hempstead Junior School Gillingham 72.0% Good — approximate
14 Balfour Junior School Chatham 71.0% Good — approximate
15 Halling Primary School Rochester 71.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 St Helen's Church of England Primary School, Cliffe Rochester 71.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary School Chatham 71.0% Good improving about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 Elaine Primary School Rochester 70.0% Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Oaklands School Chatham 70.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Gillingham 70.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Chattenden Primary School Rochester 69.0% Good oversubscribed 1.4 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 The Academy of Woodlands Gillingham 69.0% Not judged about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 All Saints Church of England Primary School Chatham 68.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Brompton-Westbrook Primary School Gillingham 68.0% Good about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 St Margaret's Church of England Junior School Gillingham 67.0% Good — approximate
26 Kingfisher Community Primary School Chatham 66.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 New Road Primary School Chatham 66.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 Temple Mill Primary School Rochester 66.0% Good oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 Gordons Children's Academy, Junior Rochester 65.0% Good — approximate
30 Featherby Junior School Gillingham 64.0% Good improving — approximate
31 Hilltop Primary School Rochester hidden gem 62.0% Good undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 Saxon Way Primary School Gillingham 62.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 All Faiths Children's Academy Rochester 61.0% Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 Leigh Academy Peninsula East Rochester hidden gem 61.0% Good improving about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 Delce Academy Rochester hidden gem 60.0% Good undersubscribed 0.47 first prefs per place, 2021/22 approximate
36 Cedar Children's Academy Rochester 57.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
37 St Mary's Catholic Primary School Gillingham 57.0% Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 Bligh Primary School (Juniors) Rochester 56.0% Good — approximate
39 Maundene School Chatham 56.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
40 Miers Court Primary School Rainham hidden gem 56.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
41 Riverside Primary School Gillingham 56.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
42 Cliffe Woods Primary School Rochester 53.0% Not judged about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
43 Barnsole Primary School Gillingham 52.0% Good improving about even 1.02 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
44 Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the Marlborough Rochester hidden gem 52.0% Good undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
45 Oasis Academy Skinner Street Gillingham 52.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
46 Twydall Primary School and Nursery Gillingham 52.0% Good improving about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
47 Byron Primary School Gillingham 51.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
48 Wainscott Primary School Rochester hidden gem 48.0% Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
49 Burnt Oak Primary School Gillingham 46.0% Good improving about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
50 Phoenix Primary School Chatham 38.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
51 St James Church of England Primary Academy Rochester 38.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
52 Warren Wood Primary School Rochester 38.0% Not judged improving about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
53 Luton Primary School Chatham 36.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
54 New Horizons Children's Academy Chatham 35.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
55 Wayfield Primary School Chatham 31.0% Not judged about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
56 Deanwood Primary School Gillingham 28.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Medway

21 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Medway, not a fairer one.

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