Primary school in Rochester, Medway
Crest Infant School
Fleet Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2QA
Ofsted
Standards maintained at the last ungraded inspection, on 8 May 2025.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 121
- Places
- 270
- How full
- 45% full — 121 of 270 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 53 / 68
- Overall absence
- 9%
- Persistently absent
- 29%
primary schools average 5.2%
primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 38%
- English as an additional language
- 32%
- With an EHC plan
- 3%
- On SEN support
- 30%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Medway 024A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 25%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 22%
- Households owning their home
- 59%
- Households in social housing
- 30%
- Households with no car
- 22%
- Adults economically inactive
- 36%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Kerry Seales
- Local authority
- Medway
- Ward
- Rochester East & Warren Wood
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- URN
- 118330
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delce AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 60% | 0.1 mi |
| Balfour Infant SchoolCommunity school | No grade | — | 0.3 mi |
| Balfour Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 71% | 0.4 mi |
| St Peter's Infant SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | — | 0.4 mi |
| St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 0.4 mi |
| Warren Wood Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 38% | 0.5 mi |
| St John's Church of England Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | — | 0.8 mi |
| New Horizons Children's AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Good 2022 | 35% | 0.8 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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