Greenvale Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Chatham, Medway
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.47 miles
Published by Medway Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Greenvale Primary School is a primary school in Chatham, Medway for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 November 2023. Medway has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Greenvale Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.47 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.47 miles, 3rd shortest of 23 Medway primary schools with a published last distance; their middle figure was 1.07 miles.
- For Reception 2026 there were 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- 53.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 38.9% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Medway.
- There are 17.9 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 23 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Medway.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Medway schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Symons Avenue, Chatham, ME4 5UP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Medway
- Pupils on roll
- 192 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils talk about their inclusive and welcoming school with great joy and enthusiasm.”
- “As one pupil commented to inspectors, ‘You will love it here too!”
- “Pupils know the school’s values of respect, readiness, resourcefulness, responsibility, resilience and reflectiveness well.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, there is more work to do to ensure that the small steps that pupils need to take to develop a broader skill or competency are clear.”
- “However, the school recognises that it needs to think more carefully about what each child needs to know and be able to do by the end of Reception to be fully prepared for Year 1.”
- “The school identified, just prior to the pandemic, that not all pupils were successfully learning to read at an age-appropriate standard.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 32 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Medway.
- Phoenix Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- New Road Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Michael Catholic Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Luton Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- New Horizons Children's Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Balfour Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- St John's Church of England Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published