Schools in Medway
111 schools in the Medway local authority.
Schools
111
Open schools
Pupils
52,424
2025–26 census
Good or better
95%
84 of 88 graded
Academic Performance
4.9
out of 10 · 98 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 6 7%
- Good
- 78 89%
- Requires improvement
- 2 2%
- Inadequate
- 2 2%
10 inspected since 2024, no overall grade5 superseded by a report card13 not judged2 in a category of concern1 safeguarding not effective
4.9
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 98 of 111 schools that can be scored
Pupils
52,424
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 109 of 111 schools (52,424 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
68%Asian
7%Black
15%Mixed
8%Chinese
<1%Any other group
1%Unclassified
1%Ethnicity from 103 of 111 schools (50,905 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 26.1%
- First language not English
- 17.0%
- Young carers
- <1%
13,309 of 50,905 pupils · 103 of 111 schools
8,642 of 50,905 pupils · 103 of 111 schools
503 of 50,905 pupils · 103 of 111 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 77
- Secondary
- 23
- All-through
- 1
- Special
- 5
- PRU
- 2
- Not recorded
- 3
Top primary schools in Medway
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Leigh Academy High HalstowMedway · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 2.The Pilgrim School (A Church of England Primary With Nursery)Medway · Primary9.0/10
- 3.Swingate Primary SchoolMedway · Primary8.7/10Good
- 4.Horsted Junior SchoolMedway · Primary8.6/10Good
- 5.St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolMedway · Primary8.3/10Good
- 6.Chattenden Primary SchoolMedway · Primary7.8/10Good
- 7.Napier Community Primary and Nursery AcademyMedway · Primary7.8/10Good
- 8.St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolMedway · Primary7.7/10Good
- 9.Thames View Primary SchoolMedway · Primary7.7/10Good
- 10.Cuxton Community Junior SchoolMedway · Primary7.4/10Good
- 11.Hilltop Primary SchoolMedway · Primary7.3/10Good
- 12.St Margaret's Church of England Junior SchoolMedway · Primary7.3/10Good
- 13.Gordons Children's Academy, JuniorMedway · Primary7.0/10Good
- 14.Lordswood SchoolMedway · Primary7.0/10
- 15.Walderslade Primary SchoolMedway · Primary7.0/10Good
- 16.St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolMedway · Primary6.9/10Good
- 17.Brompton-Westbrook Primary SchoolMedway · Primary6.8/10Good
- 18.New Horizons Children's AcademyMedway · Primary6.8/10Good
- 19.St Helen's Church of England Primary School, CliffeMedway · Primary6.8/10Good
- 20.Balfour Junior SchoolMedway · Primary6.7/10Good
Top secondary schools in Medway
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Fort Pitt Grammar SchoolMedway · Secondary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical SchoolMedway · Secondary9.9/10Outstanding
- 3.The Rochester Grammar SchoolMedway · Secondary9.0/10Good
- 4.Chatham GrammarMedway · Secondary8.9/10Good
- 5.Holcombe Grammar SchoolMedway · Secondary8.9/10Good
- 6.Rainham Mark Grammar SchoolMedway · Secondary8.9/10Good
- 7.Leigh Academy RainhamMedway · Secondary5.5/10Good
- 8.The Hundred of Hoo AcademyMedway · Secondary3.7/10Good
- 9.The Howard SchoolMedway · Secondary3.5/10Good
- 10.Rainham School for GirlsMedway · Secondary3.1/10Good
- 11.St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive SchoolMedway · Secondary2.5/10
- 12.The Thomas Aveling SchoolMedway · Secondary2.3/10Good
- 13.Strood AcademyMedway · Secondary2.2/10Good
- 14.Brompton AcademyMedway · Secondary1.9/10
- 15.The Victory AcademyMedway · Secondary1.4/10Good
- 16.The Robert Napier SchoolMedway · Secondary1.3/10
- 17.Waterfront UTCMedway · Secondary1.1/10Good
- 18.Greenacre SchoolMedway · Secondary0.1/10Inadequate
- 19.Walderslade SchoolMedway · Secondary0.1/10Inadequate
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About schools in Medway
- How many schools are there in Medway?
- Medway has 111 open schools — 77 primary, 23 secondary, 5 special, teaching 52,424 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Medway are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 84 of the 88 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 95% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 6 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 111: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Medway?
- 4.9 out of 10, averaged across the 98 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Medway schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 23 schools in Medway currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Medway local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Medway covers 111 schools and sits in the South East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Medway are eligible for free school meals?
- 26.1% — 13,309 of 50,905 pupils at the 103 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the South East region.