Schools in Medway
There are 103 state-funded and grammar schools in Medway. 6 are rated Outstanding and 66 Good by Ofsted. Each listing shows the year groups, Ofsted rating and how admissions work.
Applying for a place in Medway
- Starting secondary school (Year 7) in September 2027: applications close on 31 October 2026. Offers are sent on 1 March 2027.
- Starting Reception in September 2027: applications close on 15 January 2027. Offers are sent on 16 April 2027.
- You apply through the council where you live, even for schools in a different area, and late applications are considered after on-time ones.
All schools in Medway, by town
Chatham
- All Saints Church of England Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME4 5JY
Ofsted: Good - Balfour Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · ME4 6QX
Ofsted: Good - Bradfields Academy
ME5 0LB
Ofsted: Outstanding - Chatham Grammar
Year 7 - Year 13 · Grammar · Girls only · ME5 7EH
Ofsted: Good - Fort Pitt Grammar School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Grammar · Girls only · ME4 6TJ
Ofsted: Outstanding - Greenacre School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Boys only · ME5 0LP
Ofsted: Inadequate - Greenvale Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME4 5UP
Ofsted: Good - Holcombe Grammar School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Grammar · Boys only · ME4 6JB
Ofsted: Good - Horsted Infant School
Nursery - Year 2 · ME5 9TF
Ofsted: Good - Horsted Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · ME5 9TF
Ofsted: Good - INSPIRE Free Special School
Year 7 - Year 13 · ME5 0LB
Ofsted: Good - Kingfisher Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME5 7NX
Ofsted: Good - Lordswood School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME5 8NN
Ofsted: Not judged - Luton Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME4 5AW
Ofsted: Good - Maundene School
Reception - Year 6 · ME5 7QB
Ofsted: Good - New Horizons Children's Academy
Reception - Year 6 · ME4 6NR
Ofsted: Good - New Road Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME4 5QN
Ofsted: Good - Oaklands School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME5 0QS
Ofsted: Good - Phoenix Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · ME4 5QD
Ofsted: Good - St Benedict's Catholic Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · ME5 8PU
No rating on record - St John's Church of England Infant School
Year 1 - Year 2 · ME4 6RH
Ofsted: Good - St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME4 3ST
Ofsted: Good - St Michael Catholic Primary and Nursery School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME4 6PX
Ofsted: Good - St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · ME5 0NF
Ofsted: Not judged - Swingate Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME5 8TJ
Ofsted: Good - The Rowans
Year 1 - Year 11 · ME5 0LB
Ofsted: Outstanding - The Victory Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · ME4 5JB
Ofsted: Good - Walderslade Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · ME5 8BJ
Ofsted: Good - Walderslade School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Girls only · ME5 0LE
Ofsted: Inadequate - Waterfront UTC
ME4 4FQ
Ofsted: Good - Wayfield Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME5 0HH
Ofsted: Not judged
Gillingham
- Barnsole Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME7 2JG
Ofsted: Good - Brompton Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · ME7 5HT
Ofsted: Not judged - Brompton-Westbrook Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME7 5DQ
Ofsted: Good - Burnt Oak Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME7 1LS
Ofsted: Good - Byron Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · ME7 5XX
Ofsted: Not judged - Danecourt School
Reception - Year 6 · ME8 6AA
No rating on record - Deanwood Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME8 9TX
Ofsted: Good - Fairview Community Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME8 0NU
No rating on record - Featherby Infant and Nursery School
Nursery - Year 2 · ME8 6PD
No rating on record - Featherby Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · ME8 6BT
Ofsted: Good - Hempstead Infant School
Reception - Year 2 · ME7 3QG
Ofsted: Good - Hempstead Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · ME7 3HJ
Ofsted: Good - Leigh Academy Rainham
ME8 8GS
Ofsted: Good - Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · ME7 4HG
Ofsted: Good - Oasis Academy Skinner Street
Reception - Year 6 · ME7 1LG
Ofsted: Good - Parkwood Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · ME8 9LP
Ofsted: Requires improvement - Rainham Mark Grammar School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Grammar · ME8 7AJ
Ofsted: Good - Rainham School for Girls
Year 7 - Year 13 · Girls only · ME8 0BX
Ofsted: Good - Rivermead School
Reception - Year 11 · ME7 1UG
Ofsted: Good - Riverside Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME8 8ET
Ofsted: Good - Saxon Way Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME7 1SJ
No rating on record - St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · ME8 9NP
Ofsted: Good - St Margaret's Church of England Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · ME8 9AE
Ofsted: Good - St Margaret's Infant School
Nursery - Year 2 · ME8 9AE
No rating on record - St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME7 1YH
Ofsted: Good - St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME8 6JH
Ofsted: Good - Thames View Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME8 7DX
Ofsted: Good - The Academy of Woodlands
Nursery - Year 6 · ME7 2DU
Ofsted: Not judged - The Howard School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Boys only · ME8 0BX
No rating on record - The Robert Napier School
Year 7 - Year 13 · ME7 2LX
Ofsted: Not judged - Twydall Primary School and Nursery
Nursery - Year 6 · ME8 6JS
Ofsted: Good - Will Adams Academy
Year 10 - Year 12 · ME7 2BX
No rating on record
Rainham
- Miers Court Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · ME8 8JR
Ofsted: Good
Rochester
- Ofsted: Outstanding
- All Faiths Children's Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · ME2 4UF
Ofsted: Good - Balfour Infant School
Year 1 - Year 2 · ME1 2QT
Ofsted: Not judged - Bligh Primary School (Infants)
Nursery - Year 2 · ME2 2XJ
Ofsted: Not judged - Bligh Primary School (Juniors)
Year 3 - Year 6 · ME2 2XJ
Ofsted: Good - Cedar Children's Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · ME2 2JP
No rating on record - Chattenden Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · ME3 8LF
Ofsted: Good - Cliffe Woods Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · ME3 8UJ
Ofsted: Not judged - Crest Infant School
Reception - Year 2 · ME1 2QA
No rating on record - Cuxton Community Infant School
Nursery - Year 2 · ME2 1EY
No rating on record - Cuxton Community Junior School
Year 3 - Year 6 · ME2 1EY
Ofsted: Good - Delce Academy
Year 1 - Year 6 · ME1 2NJ
Ofsted: Good - Elaine Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME2 2YN
Ofsted: Good - English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · ME2 4JA
Ofsted: Good - Gordons Children's Academy, Infant
Year 1 - Year 2 · ME2 3HQ
Ofsted: Good - Gordons Children's Academy, Junior
Year 3 - Year 6 · ME2 3HQ
Ofsted: Good - Halling Primary School
Year 1 - Year 6 · ME2 1ER
Ofsted: Good - Hilltop Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME2 4QN
Ofsted: Good - Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the Marlborough
Nursery - Year 6 · ME3 9BS
Ofsted: Good - Leigh Academy High Halstow
Nursery - Year 6 · ME3 8TF
Ofsted: Outstanding - Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo
ME3 9HH
Ofsted: Good - Leigh Academy Peninsula East
Nursery - Year 6 · ME3 9HR
Ofsted: Good - Leigh Academy Strood
ME2 2SX
Ofsted: Good - Maritime Academy
ME2 4YG
Ofsted: Not judged - Rochester Riverside Church of England Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME1 1US
Ofsted: Not judged - Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Grammar · Boys only · ME1 3EL
Ofsted: Outstanding - St Helen's Church of England Primary School, Cliffe
Reception - Year 6 · ME3 7PU
No rating on record - St James Church of England Primary Academy
Nursery - Year 6 · ME3 0BS
Ofsted: Good - St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School
Year 7 - Year 13 · ME1 2FA
Ofsted: Not judged - St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME1 1YF
Ofsted: Good - St Nicholas CEVC Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · ME2 3HU
Ofsted: Not judged - St Peter's Infant School
Reception - Year 2 · ME1 2HU
Ofsted: Good - St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary School
Reception - Year 6 · ME1 3EN
Ofsted: Good - Temple Mill Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME2 3NL
Ofsted: Good - The Pilgrim School (A Church of England Primary With Nursery)
Nursery - Year 6 · ME1 3LF
Ofsted: Not judged - The Rochester Grammar School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Grammar · Girls only · ME1 3BY
Ofsted: Good - The Thomas Aveling School
Year 7 - Year 13 · ME1 2UW
Ofsted: Good - Wainscott Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME2 4JX
Ofsted: Good - Warren Wood Primary School
Nursery - Year 6 · ME1 2UR
Ofsted: Not judged