Schools in Chatham

• 33open schools
• 22primary
• 7secondary
• 3special school

Schools near Chatham by distance

Schools whose official address gives Chatham as the town, in Medway, grouped by type.

Primary schools 22

• All Saints Church of England Primary School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 2 to 11 · 343 pupils

  Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, ME4 5JY

  Ofsted 21 Feb 2024 (ungraded): School remains Good

  Church of England

• Balfour Junior School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 7 to 11 · 480 pupils

  Balfour Road, Chatham, ME4 6QX

  Ofsted 23 May 2024 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Greenvale Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 3 to 11 · 192 pupils

  Symons Avenue, Chatham, ME4 5UP

  Ofsted 21 Nov 2023: Good

• Horsted Infant School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 3 to 7

  Barberry Avenue, Chatham, ME5 9TF

  Ofsted 10 Oct 2023: Good (predecessor school)

• Horsted Junior School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 7 to 11

  Barberry Avenue, Chatham, ME5 9TF

  Ofsted 13 Sep 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good (predecessor school)

• Kingfisher Community Primary School

  Primary · Academy sponsor led · ages 3 to 11 · 208 pupils

  Kingfisher Drive, Princes Park, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 7NX

  Ofsted 12 Feb 2025 (ungraded): Standards maintained

• Lordswood School

  Primary · Academy sponsor led · ages 3 to 11 · 409 pupils

  Lordswood Lane, Chatham, ME5 8NN

  Ofsted 1 Jul 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

• Luton Primary School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 3 to 11 · 613 pupils

  Luton Road, Chatham, ME4 5AW

  Ofsted 20 Jun 2023: Good (predecessor school)

• Maundene School

  Primary · Academy sponsor led · ages 4 to 11 · 385 pupils

  Swallow Rise, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 7QB

  Ofsted 14 Jun 2022: Good

• New Horizons Children's Academy

  Primary · Academy sponsor led · ages 4 to 11 · 618 pupils

  Park Crescent, Chatham, ME4 6NR

  Ofsted 25 May 2022 (ungraded): School remains Good

• New Road Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 3 to 11 · 352 pupils

  Bryant Street, Chatham, ME4 5QN

  Ofsted 19 Apr 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Oaklands School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 3 to 11 · 444 pupils

  Weedswood Road, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 0QS

  Ofsted 4 Jul 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Phoenix Primary School

  Primary · Academy sponsor led · ages 5 to 11 · 396 pupils

  Glencoe Road, Chatham, ME4 5QD

  Ofsted 20 Jun 2023: Good

• St Benedict's Catholic Primary School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 4 to 11 · 205 pupils

  Lambourn Way, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8PU

  No inspection in this data yet

  Roman Catholic

• St John's Church of England Infant School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 5 to 7 · 77 pupils

  4 New Street, Chatham, ME4 6RH

  Ofsted 12 Mar 2024: Good

  Church of England

• St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary School

  Primary · Voluntary aided school · ages 3 to 11 · 663 pupils

  Island Way West, St Mary's Island, Chatham, ME4 3ST

  Ofsted 15 Nov 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good

  Church of England

• St Michael Catholic Primary and Nursery School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 3 to 11 · 446 pupils

  Hills Terrace, Chatham, ME4 6PX

  Ofsted 6 Nov 2019 (ungraded): School remains Good (predecessor school)

  Catholic

• St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 4 to 11 · 397 pupils

  Bleakwood Road, Chatham, ME5 0NF

  Ofsted 15 Oct 2024: no overall grade (see grades) (predecessor school)

  Roman Catholic

• Swingate Primary School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 3 to 11

  Sultan Road, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8TJ

  Ofsted 2 May 2024 (ungraded): School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next (predecessor school)

• Tunbury Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 4 to 11 · 501 pupils

  Tunbury Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 9HY

  Ofsted 7 Jun 2023: Good

• Walderslade Primary School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 4 to 11 · 235 pupils

  Dargets Road, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 8BJ

  Ofsted 1 May 2024 (ungraded): School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

• Wayfield Primary School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 2 to 11 · 428 pupils

  Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH

  Ofsted report card, 4 Dec 2025

Secondary schools 7

• Chatham Grammar

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 948 pupils

  Rainham Road, Chatham, ME5 7EH

  Ofsted 18 Oct 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Fort Pitt Grammar School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · Girls · 1,009 pupils

  Fort Pitt Hill, Chatham, ME4 6TJ

  Ofsted 4 Oct 2022: Outstanding

• Greenacre School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · Boys · 747 pupils

  157 Walderslade Road, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 0LP

  Ofsted 21 Mar 2023: Inadequate (predecessor school)

• Holcombe Grammar School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · Boys · 1,060 pupils

  Holcombe, Maidstone Road, Chatham, ME4 6JB

  Ofsted 13 Mar 2024 (ungraded): School remains Good

• The Victory Academy

  Secondary · Academy sponsor led · ages 11 to 18 · 1,213 pupils

  Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, ME4 5JB

  Ofsted 2 Feb 2023: Good

• Walderslade School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · Girls · 697 pupils

  Bradfields Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 0LE

  Ofsted 22 Feb 2023: Inadequate (predecessor school)

• Waterfront UTC

  Secondary · University technical college · ages 14 to 19 · 381 pupils

  South Side Three Road, Chatham, ME4 4FQ

  Ofsted 10 Jan 2023: Good

Special schools 3

• Blue Skies School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 11 to 25 · 16 pupils

  126 Maidstone Road, Chatham, ME4 6DQ

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Bradfields Academy

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 4 to 19 · 452 pupils

  Churchill Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0LB

  Ofsted 30 Nov 2022 (ungraded): School remains Outstanding

• INSPIRE Free Special School

  Special school · Free schools special · ages 11 to 18 · 98 pupils

  Churchill Avenue, Silverbank, Chatham, ME5 0LB

  Ofsted 14 Dec 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good

Alternative provision and pupil referral units 1

• The Rowans

  Alternative provision · Academy alternative provision converter · ages 5 to 16 · 54 pupils

  Silverbank, Churchill Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0LB

  Ofsted report card, 9 Dec 2025

Nearby towns

• Gillingham 2.1 miles
• Rochester 2.5 miles
• Snodland 4.6 miles
• Aylesford 5.2 miles
• West Malling 7.2 miles
• Maidstone 7.4 miles
• Gravesend 8.1 miles
• Sittingbourne 8.7 miles
• Longfield 9.8 miles
• Tilbury 10 miles

Source: Get Information about Schools and Ofsted (Open Government Licence v3.0).