Featherby Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Gillingham, Medway
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Medway Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Featherby Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Gillingham, Medway for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Medway has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Featherby Infant and Nursery 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
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place: 63 first-choice applications for 70 offers, with 7 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In Reception 2026, 43 of the 66 other Medway primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome also offered every applicant a place.
- There are 14.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Medway.
- Free school meal eligibility is 28.4% of pupils; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Medway is 34.8%.
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
- Allington Road, Gillingham, ME8 6PD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Medway
- Pupils on roll
- 282 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are known as individuals at Featherby Infant and Nursery School.”
- “Staff get to know all pupils and their families well.”
- “They do everything possible to ensure that pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those from other disadvantaged groups, have a positive experience at school and thrive.”
To improve
- “Although teaching is generally clear, some subjects in the wider curriculum are not taught as effectively as they could be.”
- “As a result, some pupils have gaps in their understanding, so they do not build their knowledge across the wider curriculum as effectively as they could.”
- “However, in some areas of the curriculum, pupils struggle to remember what they have learned over time.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 63 first-preference applications, 70 offers in total, 63 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.
- Featherby Junior School 0.1 mi Good
- The Academy of Woodlands 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Twydall Primary School and Nursery 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barnsole Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy 1.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Thames View Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Byron Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published