Academy converter · Primary
Chatham · ME4 6PX · Medway
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 142157
St John's Church of England Infant School
Academy converter · Chatham · ME4 6RH
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 5–7
Pupils
77
Local authority
Medway
Age range
Ages 5–7
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 5–7, in Chatham, Medway, 77 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 44.2%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Rochester.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 142157
Location
- Address
- 4 New Street, 4 New Street
- Postcode
- ME4 6RH
- Town
- Chatham
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Medway
- District
- Medway
- Constituency
- Chatham and Aylesford
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 77
- Boys / girls
- 44 / 33
- School capacity
- 90
- Capacity fill
- 77 / 90 (86%)
- Free school meals
- 44.2%
- FSM pupils
- 34
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Rochester
- Governance
- Academy trust: MEDWAY ANGLICAN SCHOOLS TRUST
- Academy trust
- MEDWAY ANGLICAN SCHOOLS TRUST
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs R Edwards
- Telephone
- 01634844135
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-03-12
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
8.5%
Persistent absence
35.8%
Unauthorised
1.6%
- Authorised absence
- 6.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 67
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 8.3% · Persistent 42.5%
- 2021/22
- Overall 8.6% · Persistent 45.3%