St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · 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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St Mary's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Gillingham, Medway for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 25 April 2023. Medway has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Mary's Catholic 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
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, with 46 first-choice applications for 49 offers: 0.9 first choices per offer, the 20th lowest of 64 Medway primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2026 every first-choice family was offered a Reception place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 17.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 34.8% 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
- Greenfield Road, Https://Stmarysrcp.Medway.Sch.Uk/, Gillingham, ME7 1YH
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Medway
- Pupils on roll
- 450 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 25 April 2023
Strengths
- “All pupils feel included at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School.”
- “Pupils value being part of such a diverse school.”
- “They understand the concept of equality and want everyone to feel included.”
To improve
- “In these subjects, leaders have not yet had enough opportunity to check that their improvements are helping pupils learn and remember more.”
- “However, governors have not ensured that their systems to engage with staff and for staff to raise and report any concerns are sufficiently clear and well developed.”
- “This hampers efforts to fully consider staff well-being.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 57% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 46 first-preference applications, 49 offers in total, 46 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.
- Saxon Way Primary School 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Barnsole Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Burnt Oak Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Skinner Street 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- The Academy of Woodlands 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Byron Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brompton-Westbrook Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published