Bligh Primary School (Infants)

Academy converter·Infant school Rochester, Medway·ME2 2XJ

School type

Infant school

Ages 2–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Bligh Primary School (Infants) is an infant school for pupils aged 2–7. 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%

69 first choices, 74 places

First choices per place

0.93

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

143

any preference, for 74 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9220220.9020230.9920240.9620250.932026

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

Every child who put Bligh Primary School (Infants) 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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Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 2–7
Pupils on roll: 309
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

28.0%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

17.5%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

13.3%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.9%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.0%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

12.4%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

21.6

Typical primary: 20.7

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

Nearby primary schools

Bligh Primary School (Juniors) Rochester · 0.0 mi 41.1 Elaine Primary School Rochester · 0.7 mi 60.7 Cedar Children's Academy Rochester · 0.9 mi 40.6 Gordons Children's Academy, Junior Rochester · 1.2 mi 43.4 All Faiths Children's Academy Rochester · 1.4 mi 39.6 Cuxton Community Junior School Rochester · 1.5 mi 64.3 Temple Mill Primary School Rochester · 1.7 mi 49.9 English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School Rochester · 1.7 mi 61.3

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

Bligh Primary School (Infants) at a glance

Located in Rochester, Medway, Bligh Primary School (Infants) is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 309 pupils aged 2 to 7.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Bligh Primary School (Infants) their first choice was offered one of its 74 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. Bligh Primary School (Infants) does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.