Barnsole Primary School

State-Funded School

barnsole-primary-school-medway-south-east

South EastRegion

MedwayLocal Authority

Gillingham and RainhamConstituency

ME7 2JGPostcode

1.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Barnsole Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Medway, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 609 pupils. Barnsole Primary School is part of Maritime Academy Trust.

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

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 45%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

62%

Asian

10%

Black

14%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

609

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

38%

England average

27%

First language not English

20%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 609
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Maritime Academy Trust

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
29 Apr 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
13 Jan 2022	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
26 Apr 2016	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.