St Nicholas CEVC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · 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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St Nicholas CEVC Primary School is a primary school in Rochester, Medway for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. Medway has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Nicholas CEVC 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The latest Ofsted outcome, on 17 June 2025, was Not judged; the previous graded outcome was Outstanding (22 January 2013).
- Every Reception applicant for 2026 was offered a place; there were 18 first-choice applications for 22 offers, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- With 0.8 first choices per offer for Reception 2026, it was the 5th lowest of 64 Medway primary schools.
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
- London Road, Strood, Rochester, ME2 3HU
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Medway
- Pupils on roll
- 156 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “The smiling faces of pupils show how much they look forward to coming to school.”
- “They are happy in their learning and at breaktimes.”
- “Staff provide engaging equipment during playtimes that allow pupils to play happily with their friends.”
To improve
- “However, the expectations for pupils in key stage 1 and 2 are not as high as they should be.”
- “Here, pupils are not routinely provided with work that challenges them, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “This means they are not fully prepared for the next stage in their education.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 18 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 18 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.
- Gordons Children's Academy, Infant 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Gordons Children's Academy, Junior 0.2 mi Good
- All Faiths Children's Academy 0.2 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Elaine Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Temple Mill Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cedar Children's Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Rochester Riverside Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published