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Featherby Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Allington Road, Gillingham ME8 6PD · featherby-inf.medway.sch.uk · 01634 231072
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 282
- 12 over 270 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Medway
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.5%
- First language not English
- 9.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 63 families put the school first and 70 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 70 | 63 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 83 | 80 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 80 | 75 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 65 | 60 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 71 | 63 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Featherby Infant and Nursery School on 12 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 12 May 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 5 September 2022).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 44
- 15% · 5 Sept 2022
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 20% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (27%) with SEND