Temple Mill Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Rochester, Medway
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.90 miles
Published by Medway Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Temple Mill Primary School is a primary school in Rochester, Medway for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 April 2024. Medway has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Temple Mill 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 | 0.90 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 35 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 27 offers went to first-choice families and 8 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.90 miles, the 7th shortest of 23 Medway primary schools with a published last distance, where the middle figure was 1.07 miles.
- In 2024/25, 66% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Its 2024/25 expected-standard result in reading, writing and maths ranked highest of 5 schools: this one and the 4 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Medway that have results.
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
- Cliffe Road, Strood, Rochester, ME2 3NL
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Medway
- Pupils on roll
- 237 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are rightly proud of their nurturing and inclusive school.”
- “They love coming to school and enjoy learning.”
- “The school is determined that all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), will achieve their very best.”
To improve
- “The school is rightly aware that expectations in some subjects should be even higher and more consistent, for example in the presentation of pupils’ work and the depth of pupils’ knowledge and understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 May 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) | 66% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 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.
- Hilltop Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- All Faiths Children's Academy 0.6 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Gordons Children's Academy, Infant 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Gordons Children's Academy, Junior 0.6 mi Good
- Wainscott Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Nicholas CEVC Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rochester Riverside Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published