Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Gillingham, Medway
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Medway Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy is a primary school in Gillingham, Medway for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 13 November 2024. Medway has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy 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
- In 2024/25, 84% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 15% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Ofsted's latest outcome, in November 2024, was Improved significantly; its previous graded outcome, in December 2019, was Good.
- For Reception 2026 there were 66 first-choice applications for 69 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy, Napier Road, Gillingham, ME7 4HG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Medway
- Pupils on roll
- 597 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 13 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this caring, aspirational school.”
- “The corridor walls proudly proclaim, ‘Together we achieve the extraordinary’.”
- “Everyone works together to bring this about successfully.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 December 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) | 84% | 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: 66 first-preference applications, 69 offers in total, 66 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.
- Barnsole Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Byron Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Skinner Street 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Saxon Way Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Academy of Woodlands 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Burnt Oak Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brompton-Westbrook Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published