Delce Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Rochester · ME1 2NJ · Medway
Ages 5–11
- KS257%
- Absence7.0%
- FSM53.7%
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Standards maintainedURN 118330
Crest Infant School
Community school · Rochester · ME1 2QA
Ages 4–7 · 121 pupils · Medway
Ofsted
Standards maintained
Overall absence
8.0%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2025-06-12
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)28.6%
Unauthorised2.1%
- Authorised absence
- 5.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 126
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
34
Places offered
35
1st-preference offers
34
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 118
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 34
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill45%
121 pupils · 270 places
- Pupils on roll
- 121
- Boys / girls
- 68 / 53
- School capacity
- 270
- Capacity fill
- 121 / 270 (45%)
- Free school meals
- 44.6%
- FSM pupils
- 54
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–7
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kerry Seales
Location
- Address
- Fleet Road
- Postcode
- ME1 2QA
- Town
- Rochester
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Medway
- District
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–7, in Rochester, Medway, 121 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 44.6%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Balfour Infant School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Rochester · ME1 2QT · Medway
Ages 5–7
- Absence6.0%
- FSM21.3%
- Demand0.99
0.3 miles away
Balfour Junior School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Chatham · ME4 6QX · Medway
Ages 7–11
- KS265%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM30.6%
0.4 miles away
St Peter's Infant School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Rochester · ME1 2HU · Medway
Ages 4–7
- Absence10.1%
- FSM36.7%
- Demand0.86
0.4 miles away
St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Rochester · ME1 3EN · Medway
Ages 4–11
- FSM11.4%
0.4 miles away
Warren Wood Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Rochester · ME1 2UR · Medway
Ages 3–11
- KS247%
- Absence6.0%
- FSM40.2%
- Demand0.96
0.5 miles away
St John's Church of England Infant School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Chatham · ME4 6RH · Medway
Ages 5–7
- Absence8.5%
- FSM44.2%
- Demand1.00
0.8 miles away
New Horizons Children's Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Chatham · ME4 6NR · Medway
Ages 4–11
- KS268%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM22.6%
- Demand0.98
0.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kerry Seales
- Telephone
- 01634844127