St James Church of England Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led primary school in Rochester (Medway).
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iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).Press Map+ on the map for a full-screen view with neighbourhood deprivation layers.
Nearby schools
nearest first13 schools within 5 miles. The nearest is St Edward's Catholic Primary School, 2.2 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Edward's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 2.2 mi | Primary | 198 | No overall grade, 2024Good in 3 key judgements, Requires improvement in 1; early years provision Outstanding |
| Rose Street Primary SchoolCommunity | 2.3 mi | Primary | 424 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in 1 key judgement, Good in 3; early years provision Good |
| West Minster Primary SchoolCommunity | 2.5 mi | Primary | 473 | Report card, 2025Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 3 |
| Richmond Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 2.9 mi | Primary | 246 | Good, 2022 |
| EKC Sheppey SecondaryAcademy sponsor led | 2.9 mi | Secondary | 542 | - |
| Leigh Academy Peninsula EastAcademy converter | 3.0 mi | Primary | 230 | Good, 2024 |
| Queenborough School and NurseryAcademy converter | 3.4 mi | Primary | 470 | Outstanding, 2023 |
| Halfway Houses Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 3.5 mi | Primary | 498 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2024Last graded Good (Apr 2015, previous school) |
| Nore AcademyFree schools special | 3.5 mi | Special | 67 | - |
| Leigh Academy MinsterAcademy sponsor led | 3.9 mi | Secondary | 1,005 | - |
| The Elmley Dray SchoolOther independent special | 4.2 mi | Special | 26 | - |
| Minster in Sheppey Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 4.6 mi | Primary | 572 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in all seven areas |
| Thistle Hill Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 4.7 mi | Primary | 349 | No overall grade, 2024Outstanding in 2 key judgements, Good in 2; early years provision Good |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 30% most deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 3 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 120
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