Featherby Infant and Nursery School, Gillingham

Ofsted's report card from its 12 May 2026 inspection grades Featherby Infant and Nursery School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard and 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders use clear, structured processes to identify pupils' needs accurately, reviewing provision regularly so that support adapts to pupils' changing needs."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Overall, pupils achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have created a school environment where pupils want to be, so they attend regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders and staff promote a culture of high expectations for all pupils."

Early years - Expected standard. "Staff and children in the early years enjoy trusting, warm relationships."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear vision for the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have established a coherent and appropriate personal development programme across the whole school, starting with the youngest pupils in early years."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should further develop systems to ensure that the curriculum is implemented in line with their intentions so that pupils build secure knowledge and skills cumulatively across the full breadth of the curriculum"; "Leaders should strengthen staff's expertise in making accurate assessments to deliver precise and targeted feedback in foundational skills to help pupils improve their work and develop increasing accuracy over time".

For September 2026 entry, 63 families put Featherby Infant and Nursery School as their first choice and 129 named it as one of their preferences, for 70 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Featherby Infant and Nursery School are Featherby Junior School (0.1 miles, Good, 72% reading, 74% maths); The Academy of Woodlands (0.4 miles, Good, 74% reading, 72% maths); Twydall Primary School and Nursery (0.5 miles, Good, 73% reading, 59% maths); and St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School (0.5 miles).

Featherby Infant and Nursery School is one of 13 schools run by Maritime Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

9.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (71%), Black (8%) and Mixed (5%).

Featherby Infant and Nursery School had 18 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Gillingham (Kent) Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Goudhurst Road (opposite), 260 metres away.

In 2024/25, Featherby Infant and Nursery School issued 2 suspensions, 0.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Featherby Infant and Nursery School are The Robert Napier School (0.6 miles), Rainham Mark Grammar School (0.9 miles), The Howard School (1.2 miles) and Rainham School for Girls (1.2 miles).