Balfour Infant School
Primary · Community school · Mixed · Medway
Pattens Lane, Rochester, ME1 2QT
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 15/10/2024
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
95.1%
10.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
244
Capacity used
Has space90%
270 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
62 of 62 families who put it first got an offer
65
Places offered
195
Total applications
3.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 62 | 62 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 53 | 3 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 48 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 32 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 195 | 65 | 33% |
1st preference success by year
Medway lets families list 6 preferences. 3 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Joseph Pomeroy
- Address
- Pattens Lane, Rochester, ME1 2QT
- Phone
- 01634338280
- Local authority
- Medway
- Ward / constituency
- Fort Pitt · Chatham and Aylesford
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 118329
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 21% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 36% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
244 pupils · 270 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
15 October 2024
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessEarly years Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 183 pupils
Attendance
95.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
4.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
10.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
1.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Medway council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.