Balfour Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · Rochester, Medway
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 2025 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Pattens Lane, Rochester, ME1 2QT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- 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.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2025, as Medway published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
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