Thames View Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Gillingham, Medway
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.82 miles
Published by Medway Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Thames View Primary School is a primary school in Gillingham, Medway for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 May 2023. Medway has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Thames View 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 | 0.82 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 87 first-choice applications for 60 offers, 1.4 first choices per offer and the 2nd highest of 64 Medway primary schools.
- 60 offers went to first-choice families and 27 first-choice families (31%) were not offered a Reception place in 2026.
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.82 miles, the 6th shortest of 23 Medway primary schools with a published last distance, where the middle figure was 1.07 miles.
- In 2024/25, 80% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Bloors Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7DX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Medway
- Pupils on roll
- 459 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this friendly school.”
- “They receive a warm greeting in the morning from Rocky, Ruby and Rolo, the school dogs.”
- “This helps some pupils who are anxious to settle to the school day.”
To improve
- “However, some older pupils have limited opportunities to develop their reading beyond lessons and the books that they choose to read are not always linked to their reading ability.”
- “Outcomes in the national tests have been low for mathematics.”
- “Pupils’ attendance has been low in the past year.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 July 2023 (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) | 80% | 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: 87 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- St Margaret's Church of England Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- St Margaret's Infant School 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Twydall Primary School and Nursery 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Riverside Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Miers Court Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Featherby Junior School 1.1 mi Good
- Featherby Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published