Warren Wood Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Rochester, Medway
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Medway Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Warren Wood Primary School is a primary school in Rochester, Medway for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 20 May 2025. Medway has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Warren Wood 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
- Ofsted's latest visit, on 20 May 2025, was not judged; the previous graded outcome was Good (15 October 2019).
- In 2024/25, 38% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026: 43 first-choice applications for 45 offers, with 2 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 39.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals and there are 18.2 pupils per teacher, against middle figures of 30.6% and 21.9 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
- Arethusa Road, Rochester, ME1 2UR
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Medway
- Pupils on roll
- 458 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 20 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are respectful and courteous.”
- “They greet staff and visitors happily.”
- “Pupils are caring and show high levels of empathy when considering the challenges that others may face.”
To improve
- “However, pupils’ experiences in lessons are mixed and some pupils still have significant gaps in their knowledge.”
- “As a result, these pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “A small number of staff feel the pace of change has had a negative impact on their workload.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 2025 (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) | 38% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 43 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.
- Crest Infant School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Delce Academy 0.5 mi Good
- Balfour Infant School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- New Horizons Children's Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Balfour Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good
- St Peter's Infant School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Horsted Infant School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published