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Featherby Junior School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 7–11 · Sponsored academy
Chilham Road, Gillingham ME8 6BT · featherby-jun.medway.sch.uk · 01634 231984
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 64%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Medway 61%, England 62%
- Pupils
- 348
- 97% of 360 places
- Local authority
- Medway
- Free school meals
- 39.4%
- First language not English
- 10.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% the higher standard. Across Medway it was 61%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●64% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 118420)
Ofsted
Featherby Junior School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 June 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 28 Jun 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Dec 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 118420), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2021Inadequate
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2017Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118420)
What parents said
75% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (55 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 75%
- Replies
- 55
- 16% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 44% who had a child bullied
based on 27 parents (49%) with SEND