St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Chatham, Medway
St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary School is a primary school in Chatham, Medway for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 November 2023. Medway has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Island Way West, St Mary's Island, Chatham, ME4 3ST
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Medway
- Pupils on roll
- 663 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 November 2023
Strengths
- “The school has an ambitious vision that ‘only the best will do’ for pupils.”
- “It has developed an effective curriculum from the nursery to Year 6, and most pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), do well.”
- “Teachers use their subject knowledge to make the curriculum interesting and bring it to life.”
To improve
- “For some other subjects, this detail is still developing, and teachers do not always know exactly what must be taught.”
- “However, this does not happen consistently, which means that teaching is not always adapted to close gaps in knowledge, correct misconceptions, or re-cap what pupils most need to recall or practise.”
- “As a result, pupils struggle to remember new learning or make connections with what they learned before and so do not achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 January 2024 (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) | 71% | 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: 68 first-preference applications, 70 offers in total, 68 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
- Earlier years of exam results
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- 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.
- Chattenden Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Burnt Oak Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wainscott Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the Marlborough 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Skinner Street 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Saxon Way Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Brompton-Westbrook Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published