Schools and Education in Rainham

There are 114 schools within 5 miles of Rainham town centre, including 62 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
114
Primary
62
Secondary
18
Good / Outstanding
97%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

7
60
Outstanding (7) Good (60) Requires Improvement (2) Not yet inspected (45)
Bradfields Academy 3.4 miles Churchill Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0LB Inspected: 25 January 2023 The Rowans 3.4 miles Churchill Avenue, Churchill Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0LB Inspected: 30 December 2021 Brompton Children's Centre 3.6 miles Kings Bastion, Kings Bastion, Gillingham, ME7 5DQ Inspected: 04 March 2013 Fort Pitt Grammar School Secondary 4.2 miles Fort Pitt Hill, Chatham, ME4 6TJ Inspected: 16 November 2022 Rochester Independent College 4.5 miles Star Hill, Rochester, ME1 1HY Inspected: 04 February 2008 St Margaret's at Troy Town Children's Centre 4.7 miles John Street, King Street, Rochester, ME1 1YF Inspected: 03 June 2015 Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School Secondary 4.7 miles Maidstone Road, Rochester, ME1 3EL Inspected: 19 May 2023
Miers Court Children's Centre 0.2 miles Silverspot Close, Silver Spot Close, Rainham, ME8 8JR Inspected: 31 July 2013 Rainham School for Girls Secondary 0.5 miles Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 0BX Inspected: 17 June 2022 Riverside Children's Centre 0.8 miles St. Edmunds Way, St Edmund's Way, Rainham, ME8 8ET Inspected: 31 March 2015 Riverside Primary School Primary 0.8 miles St. Edmunds Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8ET Inspected: 07 July 2025 Leigh Academy Rainham Secondary 0.8 miles Otterham Quay Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8GS Inspected: 25 April 2024 Thames View Primary School Primary 0.8 miles Bloors Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7DX Inspected: 11 July 2023 Rainham Mark Grammar School Secondary 0.9 miles Pump Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7AJ Inspected: 13 July 2022 Fairview Community Primary School Primary 1.1 miles Drewery Drive, Wigmore, Gillingham, ME8 0NU Inspected: 29 November 2024 Hand in Hand Children's Centre 1.3 miles Twydall Lane, Twydall Lane, Gillingham, ME8 6JS Inspected: 11 July 2011 Twydall Primary School and Nursery Primary 1.3 miles Twydall Lane, Gillingham, ME8 6JS Inspected: 11 July 2023 Deanwood Children's Centre 1.3 miles Long Catlis Road, Long Catlis Road, Rainham, ME8 9TX Inspected: 17 July 2013 St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Primary 1.3 miles Deanwood Drive, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9NP Inspected: 15 March 2024 Hempstead Infant School Primary 1.7 miles Hempstead Road, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3QG Inspected: 29 April 2024 Hempstead Junior School Primary 1.7 miles Birch Grove, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3HJ Inspected: 01 May 2024 Featherby Junior School Primary 1.7 miles Chilham Road, Gillingham, ME8 6BT Inspected: 21 September 2022 Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School Primary 1.7 miles The Street, Hartlip, Sittingbourne, ME9 7TL Inspected: 16 June 2022 Danecourt School 1.7 miles Hotel Road, Gillingham, ME8 6AA Inspected: 09 December 2024 Bredhurst Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 2.3 miles The Street, Bredhurst, Gillingham, ME7 3JY Inspected: 14 March 2024 Barnsole Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Barnsole Road, Gillingham, ME7 2JG Inspected: 30 April 2024 Chatham Grammar Secondary 2.7 miles Rainham Road, Chatham, ME5 7EH Inspected: 04 December 2023 Alchemy School 2.7 miles Nelson Road, Gillingham, ME7 4LT Inspected: 16 September 2025 Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy Primary 2.7 miles Napier Road, Napier Road, Gillingham, ME7 4HG Inspected: 11 December 2024 Kingfisher Children's Centre 2.7 miles Kingfisher Drive, Kingfisher Drive, Chatham, ME5 7NX Inspected: 08 March 2012 Kingfisher Community Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Kingfisher Drive, Princes Park, Chatham, ME5 7NX Inspected: 19 March 2025 Newington Church of England Primary School Primary 2.8 miles School Lane, Newington, Sittingbourne, ME9 7LB Inspected: 18 December 2024 St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Greenfield Road, Gillingham, ME7 1YH Inspected: 19 June 2023 Saxon Way Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Church Path, Ingram Road, Gillingham, ME7 1SJ Inspected: 14 July 2025 Swingate Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Sultan Road, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8TJ Inspected: 11 June 2024 Maundene School Primary 3.2 miles Swallow Rise, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 7QB Inspected: 21 September 2022 The Victory Academy Secondary 3.2 miles Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, ME4 5JB Inspected: 18 May 2023 All Saints Sure Start Children's Centre 3.3 miles Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, ME4 5AZ Inspected: 09 August 2012 Burnt Oak Primary School & Children's Centre 3.3 miles Devonshire Road, Richmond Road, Gillingham, ME7 1LS Inspected: 11 April 2013 Burnt Oak Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Devonshire Road, Gillingham, ME7 1LS Inspected: 13 July 2022 INSPIRE Free Special School 3.4 miles Churchill Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0LB Inspected: 20 May 2025 New Road Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Bryant Street, Chatham, ME4 5QN Inspected: 15 June 2023 Phoenix Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Glencoe Road, Chatham, ME4 5QD Inspected: 20 September 2023 Greenvale Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Symons Avenue, Chatham, ME4 5UP Inspected: 19 January 2024 Waterfront UTC Secondary 3.6 miles South Side Three Road, Chatham, ME4 4FQ Inspected: 02 March 2023 New Horizons Children's Academy Primary 3.6 miles Park Crescent, Chatham, ME4 6NR Inspected: 18 July 2022 Brompton-Westbrook Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Kings Bastion, Brompton, Gillingham, ME7 5DQ Inspected: 08 July 2024 MidKent College 16 plus 3.6 miles Medway Road, Gillingham, ME7 1FN Inspected: 18 November 2024 Holcombe Grammar School Secondary 3.7 miles Letchworth Avenue, Maidstone Road, Chatham, ME4 6JB Inspected: 01 May 2024 Blue Skies School 3.8 miles Maidstone Road, Chatham, ME4 6DQ Inspected: 06 November 2023 St John's Church of England Infant School Primary 3.9 miles New Street, Chatham, ME4 6RH Inspected: 01 May 2024 Tunbury Primary School Primary 4 miles Tunbury Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 9HY Inspected: 20 July 2023 Horsted Infant School Primary 4.1 miles Barberry Avenue, Chatham, ME5 9TF Inspected: 28 November 2023 Horsted Junior School Primary 4.1 miles Barberry Avenue, Chatham, ME5 9TF Inspected: 10 October 2023 Delce Children's Centre 4.3 miles Fleet Road, Green Close, Rochester, ME1 2QA Inspected: 16 August 2013 Crest Infant School Primary 4.3 miles Fleet Road, Rochester, ME1 2QA Inspected: 13 June 2025 St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Island Way West, St Mary's Island, Chatham, ME4 3ST Inspected: 15 January 2024 Ripplevale School Rochester 4.4 miles New Road, Rochester, Rochester, ME1 1BG Inspected: 03 February 2025 The Thomas Aveling School Secondary 4.4 miles Arethusa Road, Rochester, ME1 2UW Inspected: 07 October 2022 Delce Academy Primary 4.5 miles The Tideway, Rochester, ME1 2NJ Inspected: 12 June 2024 St Peter's Infant School Primary 4.5 miles Holcombe Road, Rochester, ME1 2HU Inspected: 19 June 2024 The Rochester Grammar School Secondary 4.6 miles Maidstone Road, Rochester, ME1 3BY Inspected: 06 March 2023 Westlands School Secondary 4.7 miles Westlands Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 1PF Inspected: 26 June 2024 Craftworks 4.7 miles School Lane, School Lane, Iwade, ME9 8QJ Inspected: 11 June 2024 Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the Marlborough Primary 4.8 miles Pottery Road, Hoo St Werburgh, Rochester, ME3 9BS Inspected: 30 April 2024 St Andrew's School (Rochester) 4.9 miles Watts Avenue, Rochester, ME1 1SA Inspected: 26 November 2009 Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo All-through 4.9 miles Main Road, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 9HH Inspected: 07 May 2024
Bobbing Village School Primary 4.5 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
St Margaret's Church of England Junior School Primary 0.1 miles Orchard Street, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9AE St Margaret's Infant School Primary 0.1 miles Orchard Street, Orchard Street, Gillingham, ME8 9AE Miers Court Primary School Primary 0.2 miles Silverspot Close, Rainham, ME8 8JR The Howard School Secondary 0.5 miles Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 0BX Parkwood Primary School Primary 0.8 miles Deanwood Drive, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9LP St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School Primary 1.3 miles Twydall Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 6JH Deanwood Primary School Primary 1.3 miles Long Catlis Road, Parkwood, Gillingham, ME8 9TX Featherby Infant and Nursery School Primary 1.7 miles Allington Road, Gillingham, ME8 6PD Will Adams Academy 2.1 miles Woodlands Road, Gillingham, ME7 2BX Holywell Primary School Primary 2.2 miles Forge Lane, Upchurch, Sittingbourne, ME9 7AE The Academy of Woodlands Primary 2.2 miles Woodlands Road, Gillingham, ME7 2DU The Robert Napier School Secondary 2.3 miles Third Avenue, Gillingham, ME7 2LX Byron Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Byron Road, Gillingham, ME7 5XX Luton Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Luton Road, Chatham, ME4 5AW Lower Halstow Primary School Primary 2.9 miles School Lane, Lower Halstow, Sittingbourne, ME9 7ES Saxon Way Primary School and Children's Centre 2.9 miles Church Path, Church Path, Gillingham, ME7 1SJ Inspected: 25 June 2012 St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Primary 3 miles Lambourn Way, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8PU Rivermead School 3 miles Forge Lane, Gillingham, ME7 1UG Hospital and Medical Tuition Service 3.1 miles Windmill Road, Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham, ME7 5NY Lordswood Children's Centre 3.2 miles Lordswood Lane, Lordswood Lane, Chatham, ME5 8NN Inspected: 31 March 2011 Lordswood School Primary 3.2 miles Lordswood Lane, Chatham, ME5 8NN Wayfield Children's Centre 3.2 miles Wayfield Road, Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH Inspected: 26 October 2010 Wayfield Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH Brompton Academy Secondary 3.3 miles Marlborough Road, Gillingham, ME7 5HT Oasis Academy Skinner Street Primary 3.3 miles Skinner Street, Gillingham, ME7 1LG Inspected: 18 November 2021 All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, ME4 5JY Greenacre School Secondary 3.5 miles Walderslade Road, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 0LP Walderslade Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Dargets Road, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 8BJ 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 St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Bleakwood Road, Chatham, ME5 0NF Oaklands Children's Centre 3.7 miles Weedswood Road, Weedswood Road, Chatham, ME5 0QS Inspected: 13 January 2012 Oaklands School Primary 3.7 miles Weedswood Road, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 0QS St Michael Catholic Primary and Nursery School Primary 3.8 miles Rochester Street, Chatham, ME4 6PX Balfour Junior School Primary 3.9 miles Beresford Avenue, Chatham, ME4 6QX Balfour Infant School Primary 4 miles Pattens Lane, Rochester, ME1 2QT Borden Church of England Primary School Primary 4.3 miles School Lane, Borden, Sittingbourne, ME9 8JS Warren Wood Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Ajax Road, Rochester, ME1 2UR Grove Park Children's Centre 4.6 miles Hilton Drive, Sittingbourne, ME10 1PT St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School Secondary 4.6 miles Foord Street, Rochester, ME1 2FA St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 4.7 miles John Street, Rochester, ME1 1YF Medway Secure Training Centre 4.8 miles Sir Evelyn Road, Rochester, ME1 3YB St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Canon Close, Maidstone Road, Rochester, ME1 3EN Aspire School 4.8 miles Staplehurst Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 5DA King's School, Rochester 4.9 miles Bakers Walk, Boley Hill, Rochester, ME1 1TE