Medway Council schools
All 117 schools in the Medway area, from the school census. 19 are maintained by Medway Council and follow its 2026/27 term dates; the rest set their own. Most follow the council anyway, but check with the school before booking anything. The council’s breaks on their own: Medway school holidays.
Follows Medway Council
19 schoolsMaintained by the council, so the council's term dates are these schools' term dates. Each still sets its own INSET days.
- Abbey Court Foundation Special SchoolRochester · 3–19 · 236 pupils
- Balfour Infant SchoolRochester · Primary · 5–7 · 244 pupils
- Burnt Oak Primary SchoolGillingham · Primary · 3–11 · 430 pupils
- Crest Infant SchoolRochester · Primary · 4–7 · 121 pupils
- Fairview Community Primary SchoolGillingham · Primary · 3–11 · 670 pupils
- Greenvale Primary SchoolChatham · Primary · 3–11 · 192 pupils
- Hempstead Infant SchoolGillingham · Primary · 4–7 · 251 pupils
- Hempstead Junior SchoolGillingham · Primary · 7–11 · 371 pupils
- Horsted Infant SchoolChatham · Primary · 3–7 · 187 pupils
- Horsted Junior SchoolChatham · Primary · 7–11 · 250 pupils
- New Road Primary SchoolChatham · Primary · 3–11 · 352 pupils
- St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolGillingham · Primary · 4–11 · 189 pupils
- St Helen's Church of England Primary School, CliffeRochester · Primary · 4–11 · 182 pupils
- St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive SchoolRochester · Secondary · 11–18 · 1084 pupils
- St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolGillingham · Primary · 3–11 · 450 pupils
- St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolChatham · Primary · 3–11 · 663 pupils
- St Nicholas CEVC Primary SchoolRochester · Primary · 4–11 · 156 pupils
- St Peter's Infant SchoolRochester · Primary · 4–7 · 60 pupils
- Swingate Primary SchoolChatham · Primary · 3–11 · 662 pupils
Sets its own term dates
98 schoolsAcademies, free schools and independent schools are not bound by the council's calendar. Most follow it closely; none of them have to.
- Alchemy SchoolGillingham · 11–19 · 58 pupils
- All Faiths Children's AcademyRochester · Primary · 3–11 · 225 pupils
- All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolChatham · Primary · 2–11 · 343 pupils
- Balfour Junior SchoolChatham · Primary · 7–11 · 480 pupils
- Barnsole Primary SchoolGillingham · Primary · 2–11 · 609 pupils
- Bligh Primary School (Infants)Rochester · Primary · 2–7 · 303 pupils
- Bligh Primary School (Juniors)Rochester · Primary · 7–11 · 343 pupils
- Blue Skies SchoolChatham · 11–25 · 16 pupils
- Bradfields AcademyChatham · 4–19 · 452 pupils
- Brompton AcademyGillingham · Secondary · 11–18 · 1399 pupils
- Brompton-Westbrook Primary SchoolGillingham · Primary · 3–11 · 460 pupils
- Byron Primary SchoolGillingham · Primary · 4–11 · 502 pupils
- Cedar Children's AcademyRochester · Primary · 3–11 · 627 pupils
- Chatham GrammarChatham · Secondary · 11–18 · 948 pupils
- Chattenden Primary SchoolRochester · Primary · 4–11 · 203 pupils
- City of Rochester SchoolRochester · 5–18 · 59 pupils
- Cliffe Woods Primary SchoolRochester · Primary · 4–11 · 421 pupils
- Cuxton Community Infant SchoolRochester · Primary · 2–7 · 257 pupils
- Cuxton Community Junior SchoolRochester · Primary · 7–11 · 232 pupils
- Danecourt SchoolGillingham · 4–11 · 291 pupils
- Deanwood Primary SchoolGillingham · Primary · 2–11 · 238 pupils
- Delce AcademyRochester · Primary · 5–11 · 287 pupils
- Elaine Primary SchoolRochester · Primary · 3–11 · 270 pupils
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary SchoolRochester · Primary · 4–11 · 202 pupils
- Featherby Infant and Nursery SchoolGillingham · Primary · 3–7 · 282 pupils
- Featherby Junior SchoolGillingham · Primary · 7–11 · 348 pupils
- Fort Pitt Grammar SchoolChatham · Secondary · 11–18 · 1009 pupils
- FORWARD2 EMPLOYMENT LIMITEDRochester · 16–25
- Gordons Children's Academy, InfantRochester · Primary · 5–7 · 135 pupils
- Gordons Children's Academy, JuniorRochester · Primary · 7–11 · 263 pupils
- Greenacre SchoolChatham · Secondary · 11–18 · 747 pupils
- Halling Primary SchoolRochester · Primary · 5–11 · 391 pupils
- Hilltop Primary SchoolRochester · Primary · 3–11 · 445 pupils
- Holcombe Grammar SchoolChatham · Secondary · 11–18 · 1060 pupils
- Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the MarlboroughRochester · Primary · 2–11 · 546 pupils
- Hospital and Medical Tuition ServiceGillingham · 5–16
- INSPIRE Free Special SchoolChatham · 11–18 · 98 pupils
- King's School, RochesterRochester · 2–18 · 574 pupils
- Kingfisher Community Primary SchoolChatham · Primary · 3–11 · 208 pupils
- Leigh Academy High HalstowRochester · Primary · 3–11 · 241 pupils
- Leigh Academy Hundred of HooRochester · All-through · 4–19 · 1829 pupils
- Leigh Academy Peninsula EastRochester · Primary · 3–11 · 230 pupils
- Leigh Academy RainhamGillingham · Secondary · 11–19 · 964 pupils
- Leigh Academy StroodRochester · Secondary · 11–19 · 1311 pupils
- Lordswood SchoolChatham · Primary · 3–11 · 409 pupils
- Luton Primary SchoolChatham · Primary · 3–11 · 613 pupils
- Maritime AcademyRochester · Secondary · 11–19 · 736 pupils
- Maundene SchoolChatham · Primary · 4–11 · 385 pupils
- Medway Secure Training CentreRochester · 11–16
- MidKent CollegeGillingham · 16 plus · 16–99
- Miers Court Primary SchoolRainham · Primary · 4–11 · 417 pupils
- Napier Community Primary and Nursery AcademyGillingham · Primary · 3–11 · 597 pupils
- New Horizons Children's AcademyChatham · Primary · 4–11 · 618 pupils
- Oaklands SchoolChatham · Primary · 3–11 · 444 pupils
- Oasis Academy Skinner StreetGillingham · Primary · 4–11 · 372 pupils
- Oasis RestoreLondon · 16 plus · 12–17
- Parkwood Primary SchoolGillingham · Primary · 4–11 · 476 pupils
- PGW Partnership of Greenacre and WaldersladeChatham · 16–19
- Phoenix Primary SchoolChatham · Primary · 5–11 · 396 pupils
- Rainham Mark Grammar SchoolGillingham · Secondary · 11–18 · 1568 pupils
- Rainham School for GirlsGillingham · Secondary · 11–18 · 1622 pupils
- Ripplevale School RochesterRochester · 6–25 · 140 pupils
- Rivermead SchoolGillingham · 4–16 · 163 pupils
- Riverside Primary SchoolGillingham · Primary · 3–11 · 453 pupils
- Rochester Independent CollegeRochester · 11–21 · 401 pupils
- Rochester Riverside Church of England Primary SchoolRochester · Primary · 3–11 · 298 pupils
- Saxon Way Primary SchoolGillingham · Primary · 3–11 · 396 pupils
- Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical SchoolRochester · Secondary · 11–18 · 1555 pupils
- Sports ConnectAylesford · 16–24
- St Andrew's School (Rochester)Rochester · 2–11 · 329 pupils
- St Benedict's Catholic Primary SchoolChatham · Primary · 4–11 · 205 pupils
- St James Church of England Primary AcademyRochester · Primary · 3–11 · 176 pupils
- St John's Church of England Infant SchoolChatham · Primary · 5–7 · 77 pupils
- St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolRochester · Primary · 3–11 · 216 pupils
- St Margaret's Church of England Junior SchoolGillingham · Primary · 7–11 · 363 pupils
- St Margaret's Infant SchoolGillingham · Primary · 3–7 · 312 pupils
- St Michael Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolChatham · Primary · 3–11 · 446 pupils
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary SchoolChatham · Primary · 4–11 · 397 pupils
- St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary SchoolGillingham · Primary · 3–11 · 237 pupils
- St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary SchoolRochester · Primary · 4–11 · 211 pupils
- Temple Mill Primary SchoolRochester · Primary · 3–11 · 237 pupils
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School names, towns and phases come from the school census. Term dates for Medway Council are published here, last changed 2026-09-04.