Crest Infant School
Fleet Road, Rochester, ME1 2QA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kerry Seales
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 121
- URN
- 118330
- Local authority
- Medway
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01634844127
About this school
Crest Infant School is a community primary school in Rochester. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 121 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 8 May 2025, where inspectors found that standards have been maintained. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Trends over time
How Crest Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 177 |
| 2023/24 | 167 |
| 2024/25 | 138 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Crest Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 9.1% | 37.7% | 121 | — |
| Delce Academy | 60% | 8.7% | 53.2% | 287 | 0.1 miles |
| Balfour Infant School | — | 4.9% | 23.1% | 244 | 0.3 miles |
| Balfour Junior School | 71% | 5.5% | 31.7% | 480 | 0.4 miles |
| St Peter's Infant School | — | 6.6% | 39.4% | 60 | 0.4 miles |
| St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 211 | 0.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.68%
- English as an additional language
- 31.9%
- Overall absence
- 9.06%
- Persistent absence
- 28.69%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Delce Academy0.1 miles
Primary · Rochester
-
Balfour Infant School0.3 miles
Primary · Rochester
-
Balfour Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Chatham
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St Peter's Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Rochester
-
St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Rochester
Other schools in Rochester
- All Faiths Children's Academy Primary
- Balfour Infant School Primary
- Bligh Primary School (Infants) Primary
- Bligh Primary School (Juniors) Primary
- Burham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cedar Children's Academy Primary
- Chattenden Primary School Primary
- Cliffe Woods Primary School Primary
- Cuxton Community Infant School Primary
- Cuxton Community Junior School Primary
- Delce Academy Primary
- Elaine Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Crest Infant School teach?
- Crest Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Rochester.
- Who is the headteacher of Crest Infant School?
- The headteacher of Crest Infant School is Mrs Kerry Seales, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Crest Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Crest Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Crest Infant School?
- Crest Infant School has 121 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Crest Infant School full?
- Crest Infant School has capacity for 270 pupils and 121 on roll (45%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Crest Infant School a faith school?
- No. Crest Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Crest Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Crest Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Crest Infant School's absence rate?
- Crest Infant School's overall absence rate is 9.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Crest Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Crest Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.