St Margaret's Infant School
St Margaret's Infant School, Orchard Street, Gillingham, ME8 9AE
312 pupils · 116% of 270 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE WESTBROOK TRUST
- Local authority
- Medway
- Free school meals
- 12.2%
Ofsted
Improved significantly (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Improved significantly” (no overall grade issued)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 14 May 2025, published 15 June 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.86 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 78 | 67 | 195 | 76 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 71 | 66 | 178 | 71 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 75 | 75 | 204 | 75 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 88 | 84 | 192 | 88 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 82 | 77 | 187 | 82 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 90 | 99 | 197 | 90 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 90 | 111 | 206 | 90 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 89 | 83 | 171 | 89 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Margaret's Church of England Junior School 0 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Miers Court Primary School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2021 · previous system
- Thames View Primary School 1.1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Riverside Primary School 1.1 km · Good (2019) · previous system
- Parkwood Primary School 1.5 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
- St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School 1.8 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.