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St Peter's Infant School

Primary · Community school · Mixed · Medway

Holcombe Road, Rochester, ME1 2HU

Website 01634843590

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

93.4%

21.1% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

60

Capacity used

Has space

67%

90 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

16 of 16 families who put it first got an offer

21

Places offered

87

Total applications

4.1

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference1616● 100%
2nd preference205● 25%
3rd preference180● 0%
Later preferences (4th–6th)330● 0%
Total872124%

1st preference success by year

100%
2020
100%
2021
100%
2022
100%
2023
100%
2024
100%
2025

Medway lets families list 6 preferences. 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
4–7
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Joanna Worrall
Address
Holcombe Road, Rochester, ME1 2HU
Phone
01634843590
Local authority
Medway
Ward / constituency
Rochester East & Warren Wood · Rochester and Strood
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
118576

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals37%——
English as additional language24%——
SEN support28%——
47% boys (28)53% girls (32)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

60 pupils · 90 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 24

    09 May 2024

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 52 pupils

Attendance

93.4%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

6.6%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

21.1%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.0%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

2.1%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

13%
20/21
25%
21/22
32%
22/23
27%
23/24
21%
24/25

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

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Medway council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 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.