Schools and Education in Farthing Corner

There are 111 schools within 5 miles of Farthing Corner town centre, including 63 primary and 18 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 97% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Bradfields Academy, The Rowans and Brompton Children's Centre. Parents should note that 2 schools have a rating below Good — it's worth reviewing the latest inspection reports.

Total Schools
111
Primary
63
Secondary
18
Good / Outstanding
97%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

8
58
Outstanding (8) Good (58) Requires Improvement (2) Not yet inspected (43)
Bradfields Academy 3.5 miles Churchill Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0LB Inspected: 25 January 2023 The Rowans 3.5 miles Churchill Avenue, Churchill Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0LB Inspected: 30 December 2021 Brompton Children's Centre 4.4 miles Kings Bastion, Kings Bastion, Gillingham, ME7 5DQ Inspected: 04 March 2013 Leigh Academy Bearsted Primary 4.6 miles Bearsted Road, Weavering, Maidstone, ME14 5GA Inspected: 13 March 2023 Leigh Academy Snowfields 4.6 miles Bearsted Road, Maidstone, ME14 5GA Inspected: 15 September 2023 Fort Pitt Grammar School Secondary 4.7 miles Fort Pitt Hill, Chatham, ME4 6TJ Inspected: 16 November 2022 School of Science and Technology Maidstone Secondary 4.9 miles New Cut Road, Maidstone, ME14 5GQ Inspected: 13 March 2023 Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School Secondary 5 miles Maidstone Road, Rochester, ME1 3EL Inspected: 19 May 2023
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Primary 0.4 miles Deanwood Drive, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9NP Inspected: 15 March 2024 Deanwood Children's Centre 0.5 miles Long Catlis Road, Long Catlis Road, Rainham, ME8 9TX Inspected: 17 July 2013 Fairview Community Primary School Primary 0.9 miles Drewery Drive, Wigmore, Gillingham, ME8 0NU Inspected: 29 November 2024 Miers Court Children's Centre 1.1 miles Silverspot Close, Silver Spot Close, Rainham, ME8 8JR Inspected: 31 July 2013 Bredhurst Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 1.4 miles The Street, Bredhurst, Gillingham, ME7 3JY Inspected: 14 March 2024 Hempstead Junior School Primary 1.4 miles Birch Grove, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3HJ Inspected: 01 May 2024 Rainham School for Girls Secondary 1.5 miles Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 0BX Inspected: 17 June 2022 Hempstead Infant School Primary 1.6 miles Hempstead Road, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3QG Inspected: 29 April 2024 Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School Primary 1.6 miles The Street, Hartlip, Sittingbourne, ME9 7TL Inspected: 16 June 2022 Leigh Academy Rainham Secondary 1.6 miles Otterham Quay Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8GS Inspected: 25 April 2024 Riverside Children's Centre 1.8 miles St. Edmunds Way, St Edmund's Way, Rainham, ME8 8ET Inspected: 31 March 2015 Riverside Primary School Primary 1.8 miles St. Edmunds Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8ET Inspected: 07 July 2025 Thames View Primary School Primary 2 miles Bloors Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7DX Inspected: 11 July 2023 Rainham Mark Grammar School Secondary 2.1 miles Pump Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7AJ Inspected: 13 July 2022 Hand in Hand Children's Centre 2.3 miles Twydall Lane, Twydall Lane, Gillingham, ME8 6JS Inspected: 11 July 2011 Twydall Primary School and Nursery Primary 2.3 miles Twydall Lane, Gillingham, ME8 6JS Inspected: 11 July 2023 Danecourt School 2.5 miles Hotel Road, Gillingham, ME8 6AA Inspected: 09 December 2024 Swingate Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Sultan Road, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8TJ Inspected: 11 June 2024 Featherby Junior School Primary 2.6 miles Chilham Road, Gillingham, ME8 6BT Inspected: 21 September 2022 Kingfisher Children's Centre 3 miles Kingfisher Drive, Kingfisher Drive, Chatham, ME5 7NX Inspected: 08 March 2012 Kingfisher Community Primary School Primary 3 miles Kingfisher Drive, Princes Park, Chatham, ME5 7NX Inspected: 19 March 2025 Newington Church of England Primary School Primary 3 miles School Lane, Newington, Sittingbourne, ME9 7LB Inspected: 18 December 2024 Maundene School Primary 3.2 miles Swallow Rise, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 7QB Inspected: 21 September 2022 Chatham Grammar Secondary 3.3 miles Rainham Road, Chatham, ME5 7EH Inspected: 04 December 2023 Alchemy School 3.5 miles Nelson Road, Gillingham, ME7 4LT Inspected: 16 September 2025 Barnsole Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Barnsole Road, Gillingham, ME7 2JG Inspected: 30 April 2024 INSPIRE Free Special School 3.5 miles Churchill Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0LB Inspected: 20 May 2025 Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy Primary 3.5 miles Napier Road, Napier Road, Gillingham, ME7 4HG Inspected: 11 December 2024 Tunbury Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Tunbury Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 9HY Inspected: 20 July 2023 The Victory Academy Secondary 3.6 miles Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, ME4 5JB Inspected: 18 May 2023 All Saints Sure Start Children's Centre 3.8 miles Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, ME4 5AZ Inspected: 09 August 2012 St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Greenfield Road, Gillingham, ME7 1YH Inspected: 19 June 2023 New Horizons Children's Academy Primary 3.9 miles Park Crescent, Chatham, ME4 6NR Inspected: 18 July 2022 Saxon Way Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Church Path, Ingram Road, Gillingham, ME7 1SJ Inspected: 14 July 2025 Greenvale Primary School Primary 4 miles Symons Avenue, Chatham, ME4 5UP Inspected: 19 January 2024 Phoenix Primary School Primary 4 miles Glencoe Road, Chatham, ME4 5QD Inspected: 20 September 2023 Holcombe Grammar School Secondary 4 miles Letchworth Avenue, Maidstone Road, Chatham, ME4 6JB Inspected: 01 May 2024 Horsted Infant School Primary 4 miles Barberry Avenue, Chatham, ME5 9TF Inspected: 28 November 2023 Horsted Junior School Primary 4 miles Barberry Avenue, Chatham, ME5 9TF Inspected: 10 October 2023 New Road Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Bryant Street, Chatham, ME4 5QN Inspected: 15 June 2023 Burnt Oak Primary School & Children's Centre 4.2 miles Devonshire Road, Richmond Road, Gillingham, ME7 1LS Inspected: 11 April 2013 Burnt Oak Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Devonshire Road, Gillingham, ME7 1LS Inspected: 13 July 2022 Blue Skies School 4.3 miles Maidstone Road, Chatham, ME4 6DQ Inspected: 06 November 2023 Brompton-Westbrook Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Kings Bastion, Brompton, Gillingham, ME7 5DQ Inspected: 08 July 2024 St John's Church of England Infant School Primary 4.5 miles New Street, Chatham, ME4 6RH Inspected: 01 May 2024 MidKent College 16 plus 4.5 miles Medway Road, Gillingham, ME7 1FN Inspected: 18 November 2024 Waterfront UTC Secondary 4.5 miles South Side Three Road, Chatham, ME4 4FQ Inspected: 02 March 2023 Yew Tree Farm School 4.6 miles Sittingbourne, ME9 8AT Inspected: 21 May 2025 Westlands School Secondary 4.6 miles Westlands Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 1PF Inspected: 26 June 2024 Delce Children's Centre 4.6 miles Fleet Road, Green Close, Rochester, ME1 2QA Inspected: 16 August 2013 Crest Infant School Primary 4.6 miles Fleet Road, Rochester, ME1 2QA Inspected: 13 June 2025 The Thomas Aveling School Secondary 4.7 miles Arethusa Road, Rochester, ME1 2UW Inspected: 07 October 2022 Delce Academy Primary 4.8 miles The Tideway, Rochester, ME1 2NJ Inspected: 12 June 2024 The Rochester Grammar School Secondary 4.9 miles Maidstone Road, Rochester, ME1 3BY Inspected: 06 March 2023 St Peter's Infant School Primary 4.9 miles Holcombe Road, Rochester, ME1 2HU Inspected: 19 June 2024 Ripplevale School Rochester 5 miles New Road, Rochester, Rochester, ME1 1BG Inspected: 03 February 2025 Thurnham Church of England Infant School Primary 5 miles The Landway, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4BL Inspected: 27 April 2023 Roseacre Junior School Primary 5 miles The Landway, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4BL Inspected: 14 May 2024
Bobbing Village School Primary 4.6 miles Bobbing, Sittingbourne, ME9 8PL Inspected: 16 July 2024 Grove Park Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Hilton Drive, Sittingbourne, ME10 1PT Inspected: 11 July 2023
Deanwood Primary School Primary 0.5 miles Long Catlis Road, Parkwood, Gillingham, ME8 9TX Parkwood Primary School Primary 0.6 miles Deanwood Drive, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9LP Miers Court Primary School Primary 1.1 miles Silverspot Close, Rainham, ME8 8JR St Margaret's Church of England Junior School Primary 1.4 miles Orchard Street, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9AE St Margaret's Infant School Primary 1.4 miles Orchard Street, Orchard Street, Gillingham, ME8 9AE The Howard School Secondary 1.5 miles Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 0BX St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Twydall Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 6JH St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Lambourn Way, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8PU Featherby Infant and Nursery School Primary 2.7 miles Allington Road, Gillingham, ME8 6PD Lordswood Children's Centre 2.9 miles Lordswood Lane, Lordswood Lane, Chatham, ME5 8NN Inspected: 31 March 2011 Lordswood School Primary 2.9 miles Lordswood Lane, Chatham, ME5 8NN Will Adams Academy 3.1 miles Woodlands Road, Gillingham, ME7 2BX Holywell Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Forge Lane, Upchurch, Sittingbourne, ME9 7AE The Robert Napier School Secondary 3.1 miles Third Avenue, Gillingham, ME7 2LX The Academy of Woodlands Primary 3.2 miles Woodlands Road, Gillingham, ME7 2DU Walderslade Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Dargets Road, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 8BJ Luton Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Luton Road, Chatham, ME4 5AW St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Bleakwood Road, Chatham, ME5 0NF Greenacre School Secondary 3.4 miles Walderslade Road, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 0LP Wayfield Children's Centre 3.4 miles Wayfield Road, Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH Inspected: 26 October 2010 Wayfield Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH Byron Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Byron Road, Gillingham, ME7 5XX Lower Halstow Primary School Primary 3.5 miles School Lane, Lower Halstow, Sittingbourne, ME9 7ES PGW Partnership of Greenacre and Walderslade 3.5 miles Bradfields Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0LE Walderslade School Secondary 3.5 miles Bradfields Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 0LE Oaklands Children's Centre 3.6 miles Weedswood Road, Weedswood Road, Chatham, ME5 0QS Inspected: 13 January 2012 Oaklands School Primary 3.6 miles Weedswood Road, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 0QS Hospital and Medical Tuition Service 3.8 miles Windmill Road, Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham, ME7 5NY Saxon Way Primary School and Children's Centre 3.9 miles Church Path, Church Path, Gillingham, ME7 1SJ Inspected: 25 June 2012 All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, ME4 5JY Brompton Academy Secondary 4 miles Marlborough Road, Gillingham, ME7 5HT Rivermead School 4 miles Forge Lane, Gillingham, ME7 1UG Borden Church of England Primary School Primary 4.1 miles School Lane, Borden, Sittingbourne, ME9 8JS Oasis Academy Skinner Street Primary 4.1 miles Skinner Street, Gillingham, ME7 1LG Inspected: 18 November 2021 Balfour Junior School Primary 4.3 miles Beresford Avenue, Chatham, ME4 6QX St Michael Catholic Primary and Nursery School Primary 4.4 miles Rochester Street, Chatham, ME4 6PX Balfour Infant School Primary 4.4 miles Pattens Lane, Rochester, ME1 2QT Warren Wood Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Ajax Road, Rochester, ME1 2UR Grove Park Children's Centre 4.6 miles Hilton Drive, Sittingbourne, ME10 1PT Bredgar Church of England Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Bexon Lane, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8HB Sandling Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Ashburnham Road, Penenden Heath, Maidstone, ME14 2JG Aspire School 4.8 miles Staplehurst Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 5DA Medway Secure Training Centre 4.9 miles Sir Evelyn Road, Rochester, ME1 3YB