School admissions in Medway

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 34 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

65 schools. 17 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
The Pilgrim School (A Church of England Primary With Nursery)Rochester	1.77	30
Thames View Primary SchoolGillingham	1.45	60
Leigh Academy High HalstowRochester	1.43	30
Chattenden Primary SchoolRochester	1.40	30
Leigh Academy Hundred of HooRochester	1.28	60
St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolRochester	1.25	28
Rochester Riverside Church of England Primary SchoolRochester	1.22	59
St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary SchoolRochester	1.20	30
Walderslade Primary SchoolChatham	1.17	29
Temple Mill Primary SchoolRochester	1.17	30
Brompton-Westbrook Primary SchoolGillingham	1.12	60
All Faiths Children's AcademyRochester	1.07	27
Greenvale Primary SchoolChatham	1.07	30
Fairview Community Primary SchoolGillingham	1.06	89
Cliffe Woods Primary SchoolRochester	1.03	60
Barnsole Primary SchoolGillingham	1.02	60
Cuxton Community Infant SchoolRochester	1.02	60
All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolChatham	1.00	22
Byron Primary SchoolGillingham	1.00	56
Deanwood Primary SchoolGillingham	1.00	26
Kingfisher Community Primary SchoolChatham	1.00	28
Oasis Academy Skinner StreetGillingham	1.00	23
Phoenix Primary SchoolChatham	1.00	29
St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolGillingham	1.00	18
St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolChatham	1.00	28
St Helen's Church of England Primary School, CliffeRochester	1.00	31
St James Church of England Primary AcademyRochester	1.00	12
St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary SchoolGillingham	1.00	30
Wayfield Primary SchoolChatham	1.00	30
Oaklands SchoolChatham	0.98	60
New Horizons Children's AcademyChatham	0.98	54
Maundene SchoolChatham	0.98	52
Parkwood Primary SchoolGillingham	0.98	51
St Michael Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolChatham	0.98	47
New Road Primary SchoolChatham	0.98	43
Lordswood SchoolChatham	0.98	41
St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolChatham	0.97	70
Saxon Way Primary SchoolGillingham	0.97	33
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary SchoolRochester	0.96	25
Gordons Children's Academy, InfantRochester	0.96	49
Napier Community Primary and Nursery AcademyGillingham	0.96	69
Warren Wood Primary SchoolRochester	0.96	45
Luton Primary SchoolChatham	0.95	44
The Academy of WoodlandsGillingham	0.94	72
Hempstead Infant SchoolGillingham	0.94	86
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolGillingham	0.94	49
Riverside Primary SchoolGillingham	0.93	60
Bligh Primary School (Infants)Rochester	0.93	74
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary SchoolChatham	0.93	44
Cedar Children's AcademyRochester	0.92	66
Halling Primary SchoolRochester	0.92	52
Twydall Primary School and NurseryGillingham	0.92	26
Elaine Primary SchoolRochester	0.90	21
Featherby Infant and Nursery SchoolGillingham	0.90	70
Balfour Infant SchoolRochester	0.89	66
Miers Court Primary SchoolRainham	0.89	55
Wainscott Primary SchoolRochester	0.88	59
Leigh Academy Peninsula EastRochester	0.88	25
St Margaret's Infant SchoolGillingham	0.86	78
Hilltop Primary SchoolRochester	0.83	60
St Nicholas CEVC Primary SchoolRochester	0.82	22
Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the MarlboroughRochester	0.78	80
St John's Church of England Infant SchoolChatham	0.75	8
Crest Infant SchoolRochester	0.70	54
St Peter's Infant SchoolRochester	0.70	30

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

19 schools. 10 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Brompton AcademyGillingham	1.71	205
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical SchoolRochester	1.67	201
Fort Pitt Grammar SchoolChatham	1.60	149
Chatham GrammarChatham	1.23	150
Rainham Mark Grammar SchoolGillingham	1.21	233
The Rochester Grammar SchoolRochester	1.18	204
The Thomas Aveling SchoolRochester	1.14	204
Maritime AcademyRochester	1.01	172
Leigh Academy RainhamGillingham	1.01	174
Rainham School for GirlsGillingham	1.01	263
The Howard SchoolGillingham	0.94	243
The Victory AcademyChatham	0.86	222
Leigh Academy Hundred of HooRochester	0.83	275
Leigh Academy StroodRochester	0.81	246
Holcombe Grammar SchoolChatham	0.77	179
Greenacre SchoolChatham	0.67	128
Walderslade SchoolChatham	0.65	112
St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive SchoolRochester	0.59	174
The Robert Napier SchoolGillingham	0.43	202