Junior schools start at Year 3, so children join here from an infant school.
Infant school
Featherby Infant and Nursery School
This school
Featherby Junior School
Partner infant school
Featherby Infant and Nursery School
Nursery to Year 2 · 180 m away from Featherby Junior School
Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Featherby Infant and Nursery School.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 28 June 2022
Compared with the local authority and England
The share of pupils reaching the standard expected for their age, and the share going beyond it.
| Measure | School | Medway | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths — expected | 64% | 61% | 63% |
| Reading, writing & maths — higher | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — expected | 67% | 66% | 73% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — higher | 29% | 23% | 30% |
A score of 100 is the expected standard; 110 or more is a higher standard.
| Subject | School | Medway | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 104 | 105 | 106 |
| Maths | 103 | 104 | 105 |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling | 104 | 104 | 105 |
Featherby Junior 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 Junior School is in Medway council's area. Check its admissions booklet for how far away places went in recent years. For a Year 3 place, apply through the council where you live by 15 January in your child's Year 2. Its partner infant school is Featherby Infant and Nursery School. Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Featherby Infant and Nursery School.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Featherby Junior School was graded Good at its last Ofsted inspection, on 28 June 2022.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Year 3 place starting that September. Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Featherby Infant and Nursery School. 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.
Featherby Junior 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 Junior School had 348 pupils aged 7 to 11 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 360. It is a mixed school.
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