Horsted Infant School

Community school·Infant school Chatham, Medway·ME5 9TF

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Horsted Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

52 first choices, 54 places

First choices per place

0.96

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

110

any preference, for 54 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06

00.511.5

1 per place

1.2220221.2020230.9520240.9020250.962026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Horsted Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Requires improvement

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 175
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

11.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

9.7%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

20.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.6%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

14.0%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

19.3

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£5,792

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Horsted Junior School Chatham · 0.0 mi 57.4 Oaklands School Chatham · 0.5 mi 49.0 St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School Chatham · 0.6 mi 72.9 Walderslade Primary School Chatham · 0.9 mi 73.4 Maundene School Chatham · 0.9 mi 45.7 Warren Wood Primary School Rochester · 1.0 mi 24.7 Wayfield Primary School Chatham · 1.1 mi 23.7 New Horizons Children's Academy Chatham · 1.1 mi 26.2

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Horsted Infant School

Horsted Infant School is a primary school in Chatham, Medway, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 175 pupils aged 3 to 7 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted.

Horsted Infant School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 52 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 19.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.