Schools in Medway[1]

Local authority district E06000035 · 111 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 169 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 37 (22%)[4]
second 20%: 46 (27%)[4]
middle 20%: 29 (17%)[4]
fourth 20%: 37 (22%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 20 (12%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	18%[4]	29%[4]	21%[4]	19%[4]	13%[4]
Employment	22%[4]	28%[4]	17%[4]	22%[4]	11%[4]
Education and skills	23%[4]	34%[4]	25%[4]	15%[4]	2%[4]
Health and disability	14%[4]	31%[4]	22%[4]	23%[4]	10%[4]
Crime	36%[4]	26%[4]	19%[4]	13%[4]	7%[4]
Housing and services	35%[4]	34%[4]	14%[4]	15%[4]	2%[4]
Living environment	15%[4]	13%[4]	17%[4]	28%[4]	27%[4]
Children in low-income families	16%[4]	29%[4]	22%[4]	20%[4]	13%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 64.7% of 111,464 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 25.6% of 222,762 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 9.9% of 222,744 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Grammar schools (6)

School	Ages	Headline results
Chatham Grammar	11–18[2]	A8 61 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Fort Pitt Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 63 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Holcombe Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 60 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Rainham Mark Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 63 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School	11–18[2]	A8 70 2025/26[8] AL B+ 2024/25[9]
The Rochester Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 68 2025/26[8]

Secondary schools (15)

School	Ages	Headline results
Brompton Academy	11–18[2]	A8 36 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Greenacre School	11–18[2]	A8 29 2025/26[8] AL D 2024/25[9]
Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo	4–19[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[9] KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Leigh Academy Rainham	11–19[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8]
Leigh Academy Strood	11–19[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[9]
Maritime Academy	11–19[2]
PGW Partnership of Greenacre and Walderslade	16–19[2]	AL D+ 2024/25[9]
Rainham School for Girls	11–18[2]	A8 45 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School	11–18[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[9]
The Howard School	11–18[2]	A8 47 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[9]
The Robert Napier School	11–18[2]	A8 30 2025/26[8] AL D 2024/25[9]
The Thomas Aveling School	11–18[2]	A8 39 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
The Victory Academy	11–18[2]	A8 39 2025/26[8] AL D 2024/25[9]
Walderslade School	11–18[2]	A8 29 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Waterfront UTC	14–19[2]	A8 32 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (76)

School	Ages	Headline results
All Faiths Children's Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
All Saints Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Balfour Infant School	5–7[2]
Balfour Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Barnsole Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Bligh Primary School (Infants)	2–7[2]
Bligh Primary School (Juniors)	7–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Brompton-Westbrook Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Burnt Oak Primary School	3–11[2]
Byron Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 51% 2024/25[10]
Cedar Children's Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Chattenden Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Cliffe Woods Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Crest Infant School	4–7[2]
Cuxton Community Infant School	2–7[2]
Cuxton Community Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Deanwood Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 28% 2024/25[10]
Delce Academy	5–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Elaine Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]
Fairview Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Featherby Infant and Nursery School	3–7[2]
Featherby Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Gordons Children's Academy, Infant	5–7[2]
Gordons Children's Academy, Junior	7–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Greenvale Primary School	3–11[2]
Halling Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Hempstead Infant School	4–7[2]
Hempstead Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Hilltop Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the Marlborough	2–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Horsted Infant School	3–7[2]
Horsted Junior School	7–11[2]
Kingfisher Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Leigh Academy High Halstow	3–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
Leigh Academy Peninsula East	3–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Lordswood School	3–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Luton Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 36% 2024/25[10]
Maundene School	4–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Miers Court Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 84% 2024/25[10]
New Horizons Children's Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 35% 2024/25[10]
New Road Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Oaklands School	3–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Oasis Academy Skinner Street	2–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Parkwood Primary School	4–11[2]
Phoenix Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Riverside Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Rochester Riverside Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]
Saxon Way Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
St Benedict's Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
St Helen's Church of England Primary School, Cliffe	4–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
St James Church of England Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
St John's Church of England Infant School	5–7[2]
St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
St Margaret's Church of England Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
St Margaret's Infant School	3–7[2]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
St Michael Catholic Primary and Nursery School	3–11[2]
St Nicholas CEVC Primary School	4–11[2]
St Peter's Infant School	4–7[2]
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]
St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School	3–11[2]
St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]
Swingate Primary School	3–11[2]
Temple Mill Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Thames View Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
The Academy of Woodlands	2–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
The Pilgrim School (A Church of England Primary With Nursery)	3–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Twydall Primary School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Wainscott Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Walderslade Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Warren Wood Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Wayfield Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 31% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (3)

School	Ages	Headline results
King's School, Rochester	2–18[2]	AL B- 2024/25[9]
Rochester Independent College	11–21[2]	AL B- 2024/25[9]
St Andrew's School (Rochester)	2–11[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (11)

School	Ages	Headline results
Abbey Court Foundation Special School	3–19[2]
Alchemy School	11–19[2]
Blue Skies School	11–25[2]
Bradfields Academy	4–19[2]
City of Rochester School	5–18[2]
Danecourt School	4–11[2]
INSPIRE Free Special School	11–18[2]
Ripplevale School Rochester	6–25[2]
Rivermead School	4–16[2]
The Rowans	5–16[2]
Will Adams Academy	14–17[2]

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Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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