Featherby Infant and Nursery School

State-Funded School

featherby-infant-and-nursery-school-medway-south-east

South EastRegion

MedwayLocal Authority

Gillingham and RainhamConstituency

ME8 6PDPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Featherby Infant and Nursery School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–7, located in Medway, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 282 pupils. Featherby Infant and Nursery School is part of Maritime Academy Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 12 May 2026 · published 24 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

74%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

282

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

28%

England average

27%

First language not English

10%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 7
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 282
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Maritime Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 17 November 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
26 Mar 2014	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.