Parkwood Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · 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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Parkwood Primary School is a primary school in Gillingham, Medway for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Medway has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Parkwood 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 50 first-choice applications for 51 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as also happened at 43 of the 66 other Medway primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 18.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, above the middle figure of 12.7% 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
- Deanwood Drive, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9LP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Medway
- Pupils on roll
- 476 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 50 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 50 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.
- Fairview Community Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Deanwood Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Miers Court Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- St Margaret's Infant School 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Hempstead Junior School 1.2 mi School remains Good
- Hempstead Infant School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published