Balfour Infant School

State-Funded School

balfour-infant-school-medway-south-east

South EastRegion

MedwayLocal Authority

Chatham and AylesfordConstituency

ME1 2QTPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

Balfour Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–7, located in Medway, South East.

It currently serves 244 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

No DfE attainment data is published for this school — usually because the cohort is too small to report without identifying pupils.

Ethnicity

White

62%

Asian

19%

Black

Mixed

11%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

244

Total Pupils

47%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

21%

England average

27%

First language not English

37%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 7
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 244
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
18 Nov 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
23 Feb 2010	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.