Hempstead Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Gillingham, Medway
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 2025 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Hempstead Road, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3QG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- 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.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2025, as Medway published it, drawn on the map
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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