St Margaret's Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Mixed · Medway
St Margaret's Infant School, Orchard Street, Gillingham, ME8 9AE
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Improved significantly
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
95.4%
11.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
312
Capacity used
Over capacity116%
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
66 of 66 families who put it first got an offer
71
Places offered
178
Total applications
2.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 66 | 66 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 54 | 3 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 30 | 2 | ● 7% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 28 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 178 | 71 | 40% |
1st preference success by year
Medway lets families list 6 preferences. 9 applications came from outside the council area (3 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Paula Fewtrell
- Address
- St Margaret's Infant School, Orchard Street, Orchard Street, Gillingham, ME8 9AE
- Phone
- 01634231327
- Local authority
- Medway
- Ward / constituency
- Rainham South West · Gillingham and Rainham
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 144133
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 12% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 8% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE WESTBROOK TRUST
312 pupils · 270 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
14 May 2025
Ungraded inspection
Improved significantly
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 181 pupils
Attendance
95.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
4.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
11.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.1%
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.