Cuxton Community Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · Rochester, Medway
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.57 miles
Published by Medway Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Cuxton Community Infant School is a primary school in Rochester, Medway for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Medway has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Cuxton Community Infant 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 | 2.57 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 2.57 miles, the 7th longest of 23 Medway primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 1.07 miles.
- Reception 2026 drew 61 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- Of 111 applications for Reception 2026, 12 (11%) came from families living outside Medway, and 3 offers went to them.
- Free school meals eligibility stands at 5.1%, against a middle figure of 27% 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
- Bush Road, Cuxton, Rochester, ME2 1EY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Medway
- Pupils on roll
- 257 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 30.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils arrive smiling and happily walk through the school gate each morning.”
- “They are greeted warmly by staff who know them by name.”
- “Pupils feel safe and know that staff will help them if there is anything worrying them.”
To improve
- “Where checks on learning are less precise, some misconceptions remain in mathematics.”
- “While the teaching of reading and writing is highly effective, the resources used to help pupils understand complex concepts such as fractions in mathematics are not always as effective as they could be.”
- “At times, these checks are not always precise enough.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 61 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 57 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.
- Cuxton Community Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
- The Pilgrim School (A Church of England Primary With Nursery) 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cedar Children's Academy 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bligh Primary School (Infants) 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bligh Primary School (Juniors) 1.5 mi Good
- Elaine Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Halling Primary School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published