Schools and Education in Lower Hartlip

There are 83 schools within 5 miles of Lower Hartlip town centre, including 50 primary and 11 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 94% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School and Rodmersham School. There are 3 schools rated below Good, making individual research important for families.

Total Schools
83
Primary
50
Secondary
11
Good / Outstanding
94%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

47
Outstanding (2) Good (47) Requires Improvement (3) Not yet inspected (31)
Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Tunstall Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 1YG Inspected: 10 July 2023 Rodmersham School Primary 4.8 miles Rodmersham Green, Sittingbourne, ME9 0PS Inspected: 13 September 2024
Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School Primary 0.3 miles The Street, Hartlip, Sittingbourne, ME9 7TL Inspected: 16 June 2022 Newington Church of England Primary School Primary 1.1 miles School Lane, Newington, Sittingbourne, ME9 7LB Inspected: 18 December 2024 Leigh Academy Rainham Secondary 1.3 miles Otterham Quay Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8GS Inspected: 25 April 2024 Riverside Children's Centre 1.7 miles St. Edmunds Way, St Edmund's Way, Rainham, ME8 8ET Inspected: 31 March 2015 Riverside Primary School Primary 1.7 miles St. Edmunds Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8ET Inspected: 07 July 2025 Miers Court Children's Centre 1.9 miles Silverspot Close, Silver Spot Close, Rainham, ME8 8JR Inspected: 31 July 2013 St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Deanwood Drive, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9NP Inspected: 15 March 2024 Deanwood Children's Centre 2.5 miles Long Catlis Road, Long Catlis Road, Rainham, ME8 9TX Inspected: 17 July 2013 Rainham School for Girls Secondary 2.5 miles Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 0BX Inspected: 17 June 2022 Thames View Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Bloors Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7DX Inspected: 11 July 2023 Fairview Community Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Drewery Drive, Wigmore, Gillingham, ME8 0NU Inspected: 29 November 2024 Rainham Mark Grammar School Secondary 2.7 miles Pump Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7AJ Inspected: 13 July 2022 Westlands School Secondary 2.8 miles Westlands Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 1PF Inspected: 26 June 2024 Craftworks Not applicable 3.2 miles School Lane, School Lane, Iwade, ME9 8QJ Inspected: 11 June 2024 Hand in Hand Children's Centre 3.2 miles Twydall Lane, Twydall Lane, Gillingham, ME8 6JS Inspected: 11 July 2011 Twydall Primary School and Nursery Primary 3.2 miles Twydall Lane, Gillingham, ME8 6JS Inspected: 11 July 2023 Hempstead Junior School Primary 3.3 miles Birch Grove, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3HJ Inspected: 01 May 2024 Hempstead Infant School Primary 3.3 miles Hempstead Road, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3QG Inspected: 29 April 2024 Bredhurst Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 3.4 miles The Street, Bredhurst, Gillingham, ME7 3JY Inspected: 14 March 2024 St Peter's Catholic Primary School Primary 3.4 miles West Ridge, Sittingbourne, ME10 1UJ Inspected: 06 March 2024 Featherby Junior School Primary 3.6 miles Chilham Road, Gillingham, ME8 6BT Inspected: 21 September 2022 Regis Manor Primary School Primary 3.6 miles North Street, Sittingbourne, ME10 2HW Inspected: 15 September 2023 Danecourt School Not applicable 3.7 miles Hotel Road, Gillingham, ME8 6AA Inspected: 09 December 2024 Milton Court Children's Centre 3.7 miles Brewery Road, Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, ME10 2EE Inspected: 15 August 2012 Milton Court Primary Academy Primary 3.7 miles Brewery Road, Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, ME10 2EE Inspected: 13 February 2025 Borden Grammar School Secondary 3.8 miles Avenue of Remembrance, Sittingbourne, ME10 4DB Inspected: 24 January 2022 ALP Sittingbourne Not applicable 3.9 miles Bell Road, Bell, Sittingbourne, ME10 4HE Inspected: 10 October 2023 Yew Tree Farm School Not applicable 3.9 miles Sittingbourne, ME9 8AT Inspected: 21 May 2025 Kemsley Primary Academy Primary 4 miles Coldharbour Lane, Kemsley, Sittingbourne, ME10 2RP Inspected: 28 November 2024 Highsted Grammar School Secondary 4 miles Highsted Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 4PT Inspected: 20 March 2023 VTC Independent School Not applicable 4.3 miles St. Michael's Road, Centre 2000, Sittingbourne, ME10 3DZ Inspected: 18 December 2024 South Avenue Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Watling Place, Sittingbourne, ME10 4SU Inspected: 25 November 2022 Canterbury Road Primary School Primary 4.4 miles School Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 4SE Inspected: 26 April 2024 Barnsole Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Barnsole Road, Gillingham, ME7 2JG Inspected: 30 April 2024 Murston Children's Centre 4.6 miles Church Road, Murston, Sittingbourne, ME10 3RU Inspected: 14 July 2011 Swingate Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Sultan Road, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8TJ Inspected: 11 June 2024 Sunny Bank Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Sunny Bank, Murston, Sittingbourne, ME10 3QN Inspected: 17 September 2024 Chatham Grammar Secondary 4.6 miles Rainham Road, Chatham, ME5 7EH Inspected: 04 December 2023 Kingfisher Children's Centre 4.6 miles Kingfisher Drive, Kingfisher Drive, Chatham, ME5 7NX Inspected: 08 March 2012 Kingfisher Community Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Kingfisher Drive, Princes Park, Chatham, ME5 7NX Inspected: 19 March 2025 Alchemy School Not applicable 4.6 miles Nelson Road, Gillingham, ME7 4LT Inspected: 16 September 2025 Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy Primary 4.7 miles Napier Road, Napier Road, Gillingham, ME7 4HG Inspected: 11 December 2024 Saxon Way Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Church Path, Ingram Road, Gillingham, ME7 1SJ Inspected: 14 July 2025 St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Greenfield Road, Gillingham, ME7 1YH Inspected: 19 June 2023 The Sittingbourne School Secondary 4.8 miles Swanstree Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 4NL Inspected: 22 May 2023 Lansdowne Primary School Primary 5 miles Gladstone Drive, Sittingbourne, ME10 3BH Inspected: 09 February 2023 Maundene School Primary 5 miles Swallow Rise, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 7QB Inspected: 21 September 2022
Bobbing Village School Primary 2.6 miles Bobbing, Sittingbourne, ME9 8PL Inspected: 16 July 2024 Grove Park Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Hilton Drive, Sittingbourne, ME10 1PT Inspected: 11 July 2023 Fulston Manor School Secondary 4 miles Brenchley Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 4EG Inspected: 12 January 2024
Lower Halstow Primary School Primary 1.8 miles School Lane, Lower Halstow, Sittingbourne, ME9 7ES Holywell Primary School Primary 1.9 miles Forge Lane, Upchurch, Sittingbourne, ME9 7AE Miers Court Primary School Primary 1.9 miles Silverspot Close, Rainham, ME8 8JR St Margaret's Church of England Junior School Primary 2 miles Orchard Street, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9AE St Margaret's Infant School Primary 2 miles Orchard Street, Orchard Street, Gillingham, ME8 9AE Parkwood Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Deanwood Drive, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9LP Borden Church of England Primary School Primary 2.4 miles School Lane, Borden, Sittingbourne, ME9 8JS Deanwood Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Long Catlis Road, Parkwood, Gillingham, ME8 9TX The Howard School Secondary 2.5 miles Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 0BX Grove Park Children's Centre 2.7 miles Hilton Drive, Sittingbourne, ME10 1PT Aspire School Not applicable 2.9 miles Staplehurst Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 5DA St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Twydall Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 6JH Westlands Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Homewood Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 1XN Woodgrove Children's Centre 3.3 miles Johnson Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 1JS Minterne Junior School Primary 3.4 miles Minterne Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 1SB The Oaks Infant School Primary 3.5 miles Weald Court, Sittingbourne, ME10 1GL Bredgar Church of England Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Bexon Lane, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8HB Featherby Infant and Nursery School Primary 3.6 miles Allington Road, Gillingham, ME8 6PD Iwade School Primary 3.9 miles School Lane, Iwade, Sittingbourne, ME9 8RS Will Adams Academy Not applicable 4 miles Woodlands Road, Gillingham, ME7 2BX The Academy of Woodlands Primary 4.1 miles Woodlands Road, Gillingham, ME7 2DU The Robert Napier School Secondary 4.2 miles Third Avenue, Gillingham, ME7 2LX KITE College Not applicable 4.3 miles Bonham Drive, Bonham Drive, Sittingbourne, ME10 3RY St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Lambourn Way, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8PU Byron Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Byron Road, Gillingham, ME7 5XX Luton Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Luton Road, Chatham, ME4 5AW Saxon Way Primary School and Children's Centre 4.8 miles Church Path, Church Path, Gillingham, ME7 1SJ Inspected: 25 June 2012 Meadowfield School Not applicable 4.8 miles Swanstree Avenue, SITTINGBOURNE, ME10 4NL Lordswood Children's Centre 4.8 miles Lordswood Lane, Lordswood Lane, Chatham, ME5 8NN Inspected: 31 March 2011 Lordswood School Primary 4.8 miles Lordswood Lane, Chatham, ME5 8NN Rivermead School Not applicable 4.8 miles Forge Lane, Gillingham, ME7 1UG