Rated on Ofsted and the parent survey. Infant schools sit no SATs.
Infant schools stop at Year 2, so children here move to a junior school for Year 3.
This school
Featherby Infant and Nursery School
Junior school
Featherby Junior School
Partner junior school
Year 3 to Year 6 · 180 m away from Featherby Infant and Nursery School
You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Featherby Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 12 May 2026
Infant schools do not sit SATs, and no Year 2 results are published for schools, so there are no exam results for Featherby Infant and Nursery School.
Children from here take SATs in Year 6 at Featherby Junior School
64%
met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, against 63% across England.
See Featherby Junior School's resultsFeatherby Infant and Nursery School's catchment area comes from its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, which decide who is offered a place when more children apply than there are places. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance from home or a catchment boundary, and the school's admissions policy says which it uses. Living nearby does not guarantee a place, and how far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Featherby Infant and Nursery School is in Medway council's area. Check its admissions booklet for how far away places went in recent years. For a Reception place, apply through the council where you live by 15 January in the year your child starts school. Children leave after Year 2 for a junior school, and its partner is Featherby Junior School. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Featherby Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted’s survey of parents at this school
87%
of parents would recommend this school to another parent
79%
of parents have a positive overall view of the school
62 responses up to 7 September 2026 · 22% response rate
My child is happy at this school.
89% agreeMy child feels safe at this school.
90% agreeThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved.
76% agreeMy child has been bullied, and the school dealt with it quickly and effectively.
0% agreeMy child has SEND, and the school gives them the support they need to succeed.
79% agreeOfsted inspected Featherby Infant and Nursery School on 12 May 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Strong standard for inclusion; Expected standard for achievement, for curriculum and teaching, for leadership and governance, for personal development and wellbeing, for attendance and behaviour and for early years.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day. A place in its nursery class does not carry on into Reception, so you still need to apply.
Featherby Infant and Nursery School is an infant school, so children move to a junior school for Year 3. Its partner junior school is Featherby Junior School, 180 m away. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Featherby Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
Featherby Infant and Nursery School's catchment area comes from its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, which decide who is offered a place when more children apply than there are places. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance from home or a catchment boundary, and the school's admissions policy says which it uses. Living nearby does not guarantee a place, and how far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
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