Best Primary Schools in Gillingham

We checked all 24 primary schools in Gillingham, Medway, and list every one: 18 ranked, then 6 without a rank.

Schools checked
24
Ranked
18
Without a rank
6

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Gillingham. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Gillingham also has 6 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Medway. Medway also has rankings for Rochester, Chatham and all of Medway.

Ranked primary schools in Gillingham

  1. Rank 1

    Bredhurst Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 140 pupils, inspected January 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    90%
    Higher standard
    24%
  2. Rank 2

    Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy

    Academy, 597 pupils, inspected December 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    84%
    Higher standard
    15%
  3. Rank 3

    St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 189 pupils, inspected November 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    70%
    Higher standard
    15%
  4. Rank 4

    Fairview Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 670 pupils, inspected June 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    11%
  5. Rank 5

    Thames View Primary School

    Academy, 459 pupils, inspected May 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    80%
    Higher standard
    3%
  6. Rank 6

    Brompton-Westbrook Primary School

    Academy, 460 pupils, inspected February 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    13%
  7. Rank 7

    Hempstead Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 371 pupils, inspected October 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    72%
    Higher standard
    3%
  8. Rank 8

    The Academy of Woodlands

    Academy, 758 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    7%
  9. Rank 9

    St Margaret's Church of England Junior School

    Academy, 363 pupils, inspected December 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    3%
  10. Rank 10

    St Mary's Catholic Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 450 pupils, inspected April 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    57%
    Higher standard
    2%
  11. Rank 11

    Featherby Junior School

    Academy, 348 pupils, inspected June 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    64%
    Higher standard
    3%
  12. Rank 12

    Saxon Way Primary School

    Academy, 396 pupils, inspected June 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    62%
    Higher standard
    3%
  13. Rank 13

    Riverside Primary School

    Academy, 453 pupils, inspected November 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    56%
    Higher standard
    2%
  14. Rank 14

    Oasis Academy Skinner Street

    Academy, 372 pupils, inspected September 2021

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    52%
    Higher standard
    6%
  15. Rank 15

    Byron Primary School

    Academy, 502 pupils, inspected November 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    51%
    Higher standard
    3%
  16. Rank 16

    Twydall Primary School and Nursery

    Academy, 245 pupils, inspected May 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    52%
    Higher standard
    2%
  17. Rank 17

    Deanwood Primary School

    Academy, 238 pupils, inspected September 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    28%
    Higher standard
    7%
  18. Rank 18

    Barnsole Primary School

    Academy, 609 pupils, inspected February 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    52%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Gillingham without a rank