Hempstead Junior School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Gillingham · ME7 3HJ · Medway
Ages 7–11
- KS256%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM11.1%
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 118555
Hempstead Infant School
Community school · Gillingham · ME7 3QG
Ages 4–7 · 251 pupils · Medway
Ofsted
School remains Good
Overall absence
5.4%
Admissions demand
0.90 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-04-28
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.4%
Persistent absence (10%+)13.4%
Unauthorised1.5%
- Authorised absence
- 3.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 187
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
0.90 · Often has places
1st preferences
60
Places offered
70
1st-preference offers
60
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 170
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 67
- Applications from outside LA
- 11
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 3
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 fill93%
251 pupils · 270 places
- Pupils on roll
- 251
- Boys / girls
- 127 / 124
- School capacity
- 270
- Capacity fill
- 251 / 270 (93%)
- Free school meals
- 7.2%
- FSM pupils
- 18
- 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
- Mr Paul Cross
Location
- Address
- Hempstead Road, Hempstead
- Postcode
- ME7 3QG
- Town
- Gillingham
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Medway
- District
- Medway
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham
- 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 Gillingham, Medway, 251 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 7.2%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Fairview Community Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedCommunity school · Primary
Gillingham · ME8 0NU · Medway
Ages 3–11
- KS269%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM5.6%
- Demand0.99
0.7 miles away
Deanwood Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Gillingham · ME8 9TX · Medway
Ages 2–11
- KS263%
- Absence4.7%
- FSM24.5%
- Demand0.95
1.0 miles away
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Gillingham · ME8 9NP · Medway
Ages 4–11
- KS253%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM12.7%
- Demand0.85
1.2 miles away
Parkwood Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Primary
Gillingham · ME8 9LP · Medway
Ages 4–11
- FSM18.7%
1.2 miles away
Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Gillingham · ME7 3JY · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS284%
- Absence3.6%
- FSM6.4%
- Demand2.00
1.2 miles away
Academy converter · Primary
Chatham · ME5 8PU · Medway
Ages 4–11
- KS273%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM9.3%
- Demand1.06
1.4 miles away
Kingfisher Community Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Chatham · ME5 7NX · Medway
Ages 3–11
- KS260%
- Absence6.3%
- FSM35.7%
- Demand1.00
1.5 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Cross
- Telephone
- 01634336963