Crest Infant School[1]

Primary · ages 4–7

Headline results

No headline results are published for this school in the latest two years.

Results

No published data for this school.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 7 May 2025[2]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[2]
Report published: 12 Jun 2025[2]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[2]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: Standards maintained[2]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
11 Feb 2020[3]	Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[3]	No overall grade[3]
Date not published[4]	Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[4]	Good[4]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 2.2 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Applications (any preference): 120 Entry Sept 2026[5]
First preferences: 38 Entry Sept 2026[5]
Places offered: 54 Entry Sept 2026[5]
First preferences per place: 0.7 Entry Sept 2026[5]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	105[5]	34[5]	35[5]	3.0[5]	1.0[5]
Entry Sept 2024	118[5]	34[5]	35[5]	3.4[5]	1.0[5]
Entry Sept 2023	109[5]	43[5]	49[5]	2.2[5]	0.9[5]
Entry Sept 2022	108[5]	45[5]	48[5]	2.3[5]	0.9[5]

Character & practicalities

Type: Community school[1]
Ages: 4–7[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 270[1]
Local authority: Medway[1]
Website: www.crestinfants.co.uk [1]
District: Medway [6]
Postcode: ME1 2QA[1]
URN: 118330[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 138 2024/25[7]
English as an additional language: 31.9% 2024/25[7]
SEN support: 29.7% 2024/25[7]
EHC plan: 2.9% 2024/25[7]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 37.7% 2024/25[7]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 80.2%[8]
Mixed: 6.6%[8]
Asian: 2.5%[8]
Black: 8.3%[8]
Any other ethnic group: 2.5%[8]
Unclassified: 0%[8]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.