Balfour Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · Rochester, Medway
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Medway Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Balfour Infant School is a primary school in Rochester, Medway for ages 5–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 15 October 2024. Medway has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Balfour Infant 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 43 of the 66 other Medway primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There were 59 first-choice applications for 66 offers in Reception 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 21.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 39.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Medway.
- There are 22.6 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 18.2 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
- Pattens Lane, Rochester, ME1 2QT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Medway
- Pupils on roll
- 244 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 15 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to come to this friendly and inclusive school.”
- “Their teachers welcome them every morning.”
- “The day begins calmly with activities such as yoga.”
To improve
- “In these areas, pupils do not always fully understand what they have learned.”
- “For example, pupils remember different weather conditions, but struggle to make links across their learning with other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 59 first-preference applications, 66 offers in total, 59 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.
- Balfour Junior School 0.2 mi School remains Good
- Crest Infant School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Delce Academy 0.4 mi Good
- New Horizons Children's Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Warren Wood Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Peter's Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Michael Catholic Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published