Schools and Education in South Street

There are 77 schools within 5 miles of South Street 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, Leigh Academy Bearsted and Leigh Academy Snowfields. Parents should note that 3 schools have a rating below Good — it's worth reviewing the latest inspection reports.

Total Schools
77
Primary
50
Secondary
11
Good / Outstanding
94%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

5
39
Outstanding (5) Good (39) Requires Improvement (3) Not yet inspected (30)
Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Tunstall Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 1YG Inspected: 10 July 2023 Leigh Academy Bearsted Primary 4.2 miles Bearsted Road, Weavering, Maidstone, ME14 5GA Inspected: 13 March 2023 Leigh Academy Snowfields 4.2 miles Bearsted Road, Maidstone, ME14 5GA Inspected: 15 September 2023 School of Science and Technology Maidstone Secondary 4.6 miles New Cut Road, Maidstone, ME14 5GQ Inspected: 13 March 2023 Rodmersham School Primary 5 miles Rodmersham Green, Sittingbourne, ME9 0PS Inspected: 13 September 2024
Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School Primary 1.8 miles The Street, Hartlip, Sittingbourne, ME9 7TL Inspected: 16 June 2022 St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Primary 2 miles Deanwood Drive, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9NP Inspected: 15 March 2024 Deanwood Children's Centre 2.2 miles Long Catlis Road, Long Catlis Road, Rainham, ME8 9TX Inspected: 17 July 2013 Bredhurst Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 2.5 miles The Street, Bredhurst, Gillingham, ME7 3JY Inspected: 14 March 2024 Miers Court Children's Centre 2.6 miles Silverspot Close, Silver Spot Close, Rainham, ME8 8JR Inspected: 31 July 2013 Fairview Community Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Drewery Drive, Wigmore, Gillingham, ME8 0NU Inspected: 29 November 2024 Leigh Academy Rainham Secondary 2.7 miles Otterham Quay Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8GS Inspected: 25 April 2024 Yew Tree Farm School 2.8 miles Sittingbourne, ME9 8AT Inspected: 21 May 2025 Newington Church of England Primary School Primary 2.8 miles School Lane, Newington, Sittingbourne, ME9 7LB Inspected: 18 December 2024 Riverside Children's Centre 3 miles St. Edmunds Way, St Edmund's Way, Rainham, ME8 8ET Inspected: 31 March 2015 Riverside Primary School Primary 3 miles St. Edmunds Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8ET Inspected: 07 July 2025 Hempstead Junior School Primary 3.1 miles Birch Grove, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3HJ Inspected: 01 May 2024 Rainham School for Girls Secondary 3.2 miles Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 0BX Inspected: 17 June 2022 Hempstead Infant School Primary 3.2 miles Hempstead Road, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3QG Inspected: 29 April 2024 Thames View Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Bloors Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7DX Inspected: 11 July 2023 Westlands School Secondary 3.7 miles Westlands Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 1PF Inspected: 26 June 2024 Rainham Mark Grammar School Secondary 3.7 miles Pump Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7AJ Inspected: 13 July 2022 Swingate Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Sultan Road, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8TJ Inspected: 11 June 2024 Hand in Hand Children's Centre 4 miles Twydall Lane, Twydall Lane, Gillingham, ME8 6JS Inspected: 11 July 2011 Twydall Primary School and Nursery Primary 4 miles Twydall Lane, Gillingham, ME8 6JS Inspected: 11 July 2023 St Peter's Catholic Primary School Primary 4 miles West Ridge, Sittingbourne, ME10 1UJ Inspected: 06 March 2024 Hollingbourne Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Eyhorne Street, Hollingbourne, Maidstone, ME17 1UA Inspected: 29 April 2022 Danecourt School 4.3 miles Hotel Road, Gillingham, ME8 6AA Inspected: 09 December 2024 ALP Sittingbourne 4.4 miles Bell Road, Bell, Sittingbourne, ME10 4HE Inspected: 10 October 2023 Featherby Junior School Primary 4.4 miles Chilham Road, Gillingham, ME8 6BT Inspected: 21 September 2022 Thurnham Church of England Infant School Primary 4.4 miles The Landway, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4BL Inspected: 27 April 2023 Roseacre Junior School Primary 4.4 miles The Landway, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4BL Inspected: 14 May 2024 Borden Grammar School Secondary 4.5 miles Avenue of Remembrance, Sittingbourne, ME10 4DB Inspected: 24 January 2022 Highsted Grammar School Secondary 4.6 miles Highsted Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 4PT Inspected: 20 March 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 Maundene School Primary 4.7 miles Swallow Rise, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 7QB Inspected: 21 September 2022 Regis Manor Primary School Primary 4.8 miles North Street, Sittingbourne, ME10 2HW Inspected: 15 September 2023 Craftworks 4.8 miles School Lane, School Lane, Iwade, ME9 8QJ Inspected: 11 June 2024 Milton Court Children's Centre 4.8 miles Brewery Road, Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, ME10 2EE Inspected: 15 August 2012 Milton Court Primary Academy Primary 4.8 miles Brewery Road, Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, ME10 2EE Inspected: 13 February 2025 Tunbury Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Tunbury Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 9HY Inspected: 20 July 2023 South Avenue Primary School Primary 5 miles Watling Place, Sittingbourne, ME10 4SU Inspected: 25 November 2022 Madginford Primary School Primary 5 miles Egremont Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8LH Inspected: 15 June 2023
Grove Park Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Hilton Drive, Sittingbourne, ME10 1PT Inspected: 11 July 2023 Bobbing Village School Primary 3.9 miles Bobbing, Sittingbourne, ME9 8PL Inspected: 16 July 2024 Fulston Manor School Secondary 4.5 miles Brenchley Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 4EG Inspected: 12 January 2024
Deanwood Primary School Primary 2.2 miles Long Catlis Road, Parkwood, Gillingham, ME8 9TX Parkwood Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Deanwood Drive, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9LP Miers Court Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Silverspot Close, Rainham, ME8 8JR St Margaret's Church of England Junior School Primary 2.9 miles Orchard Street, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9AE St Margaret's Infant School Primary 2.9 miles Orchard Street, Orchard Street, Gillingham, ME8 9AE Borden Church of England Primary School Primary 3 miles School Lane, Borden, Sittingbourne, ME9 8JS Bredgar Church of England Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Bexon Lane, Bredgar, Sittingbourne, ME9 8HB The Howard School Secondary 3.2 miles Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 0BX Lower Halstow Primary School Primary 3.7 miles School Lane, Lower Halstow, Sittingbourne, ME9 7ES Holywell Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Forge Lane, Upchurch, Sittingbourne, ME9 7AE Grove Park Children's Centre 3.8 miles Hilton Drive, Sittingbourne, ME10 1PT St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Lambourn Way, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8PU Minterne Junior School Primary 4 miles Minterne Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 1SB Westlands Primary School Primary 4 miles Homewood Avenue, Sittingbourne, ME10 1XN St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School Primary 4 miles Twydall Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 6JH Aspire School 4 miles Staplehurst Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 5DA The Oaks Infant School Primary 4.1 miles Weald Court, Sittingbourne, ME10 1GL Woodgrove Children's Centre 4.2 miles Johnson Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 1JS Lordswood Children's Centre 4.3 miles Lordswood Lane, Lordswood Lane, Chatham, ME5 8NN Inspected: 31 March 2011 Lordswood School Primary 4.3 miles Lordswood Lane, Chatham, ME5 8NN Featherby Infant and Nursery School Primary 4.4 miles Allington Road, Gillingham, ME8 6PD Walderslade Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Dargets Road, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 8BJ Milstead and Frinsted Church of England Primary School Primary 4.7 miles School Lane, Milstead, Sittingbourne, ME9 0SJ Will Adams Academy 4.8 miles Woodlands Road, Gillingham, ME7 2BX The Robert Napier School Secondary 4.9 miles Third Avenue, Gillingham, ME7 2LX Sandling Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Ashburnham Road, Penenden Heath, Maidstone, ME14 2JG Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Provender Way, Grove Green, Maidstone, ME14 5TZ The Academy of Woodlands Primary 4.9 miles Woodlands Road, Gillingham, ME7 2DU St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Bleakwood Road, Chatham, ME5 0NF Greenacre School Secondary 5 miles Walderslade Road, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 0LP