Hempstead Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Gillingham, Medway
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Medway Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Hempstead Infant School is a primary school in Gillingham, Medway for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2024. Medway has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Hempstead 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 applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 43 of the 66 other Medway primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 81 first-choice applications for 86 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 7.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 18.7% 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
- Hempstead Road, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3QG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Medway
- Pupils on roll
- 251 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Hempstead Infant School are friendly, cheerful and respectful.”
- “They flourish in the safe and happy environment.”
- “Pupils enjoy their learning and value the caring staff who are always there to help them.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, the school has not identified with enough precision the knowledge that it will teach pupils.”
- “Here, pupils’ learning can be more variable and staff do not assess pupils’ knowledge as precisely as in the strongest subjects.”
- “However, a few staff do not have the same level of expertise to support pupils as effectively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 April 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 81 first-preference applications, 86 offers in total, 81 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.
- Hempstead Junior School 0.1 mi School remains Good
- Fairview Community Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Deanwood Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parkwood Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kingfisher Community Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lordswood School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published