Gordons Children's Academy, Infant
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 5–7 · Rochester, Medway
Gordons Children's Academy, Infant is a primary school in Rochester, Medway for ages 5–7 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 September 2022. Medway has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Gordon Road, Strood, Rochester, ME2 3HQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Medway
- Pupils on roll
- 135 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at The Gordon Children’s Academy, Infant school aspire to be their best selves.”
- “They work together to live up to Gordon’s ‘Great Expectations’, which are underpinned by the school values of ambition, bravery, confidence, kindness and pride.”
- “The settling process for children in Reception begins ahead of the summer for many.”
To improve
- “Behaviour and attitudes had deteriorated, and the quality of education needed to improve.”
- “In their review of the foundation subject curriculums, senior leaders found that in some subjects, curriculums are overcrowded.”
- “There is not always a clear rationale for why some things are taught, or what the key learning is.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 47 first-preference applications, 49 offers in total, 47 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
- 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.
- Gordons Children's Academy, Junior 0.0 mi Good
- St Nicholas CEVC Primary School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Faiths Children's Academy 0.3 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Elaine Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Temple Mill Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hilltop Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cedar Children's Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published