Bligh Primary School (Infants)

Primary school in Rochester, Medway. No overall grade. Quality of education good (Mar 2025).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 4 March 2025, report published 3 April 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.

Grades for each area
Area	Grade
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Good
Early years	Outstanding
Safeguarding effective	Yes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around March 2029

The last inspection was in March 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

Under 0.1 milesBligh Primary School (Juniors)
Primary, Rochester, Medway
Good (Jun 2023)
0.6 milesElaine Primary School
Primary, Rochester, Medway
Good (Sep 2022)
0.7 milesCedar Children's Academy
Primary, Rochester, Medway
Standards maintained (Oct 2024)
1.1 milesGordons Children's Academy, Infant
Primary, Rochester, Medway
Good (Sep 2022)
1.1 milesGordons Children's Academy, Junior
Primary, Rochester, Medway
Good (Sep 2022)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.