Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy, Gillingham

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils at Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 87% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in Medway and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (89% in reading, 88% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 66 families put Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy as their first choice and 191 named it as one of their preferences, for 69 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 Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy are Barnsole Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 65% reading, 64% maths); Byron Primary School (0.3 miles, Requires improvement, 65% reading, 60% maths); St Mary's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 77% reading, 67% maths); and Oasis Academy Skinner Street (0.5 miles, Good, 61% reading, 55% maths).

Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy is one of 45 schools run by The Kemnal Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

50 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy (as of September 2025): 88% would recommend the school, 92% say their child is happy there and 63% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child does well at the school (94%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (63%).

36.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (40%), Black (24%) and Asian (13%).

In 2026, 98 pupils (16.4%) received SEN support and 14 (2.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy provides for pupils with speech, language and communication needs and autism.

The nearest railway station is Gillingham (Kent) Rail Station, about 550 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bus Depot (adjacent), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 761 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Medway (250), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy issued 6 suspensions, 1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy are Hospital and Medical Tuition Service (0.5 miles), The Robert Napier School (0.5 miles), Brompton Academy (0.5 miles) and Chatham Grammar (0.6 miles).