Schools in Swale[1]

Local authority district E07000113 · 69 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 90 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 24 (27%)[4]
second 20%: 23 (26%)[4]
middle 20%: 27 (30%)[4]
fourth 20%: 12 (13%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 4 (4%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	18%[4]	22%[4]	33%[4]	22%[4]	4%[4]
Employment	24%[4]	23%[4]	30%[4]	20%[4]	2%[4]
Education and skills	39%[4]	31%[4]	18%[4]	10%[4]	2%[4]
Health and disability	19%[4]	22%[4]	28%[4]	28%[4]	3%[4]
Crime	26%[4]	36%[4]	24%[4]	12%[4]	2%[4]
Housing and services	44%[4]	24%[4]	9%[4]	18%[4]	4%[4]
Living environment	16%[4]	10%[4]	17%[4]	20%[4]	38%[4]
Children in low-income families	18%[4]	22%[4]	36%[4]	20%[4]	4%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 67.0% of 60,462 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 23.7% of 122,013 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 9.7% of 121,995 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Grammar schools (3)

School	Ages	Headline results
Borden Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 63 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Highsted Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 62 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 66 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]

Secondary schools (6)

School	Ages	Headline results
EKC Sheppey Secondary	11–16[2]
Fulston Manor School	11–18[2]	A8 37 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Leigh Academy Minster	11–18[2]	A8 33 2025/26[8]
The Abbey School	11–19[2]	A8 37 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[9]
The Sittingbourne School	11–19[2]	A8 35 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[9]
Westlands School	11–18[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]

Primary schools (49)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bapchild and Tonge Church of England Primary School and Nursery	2–11[2]	KS2 40% 2024/25[10]
Bobbing Village School	4–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Borden Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 94% 2024/25[10]
Boughton-under-Blean and Dunkirk Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Bredgar Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Bysing Wood Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 39% 2024/25[10]
Canterbury Road Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Davington Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Eastchurch Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 25% 2024/25[10]
Eastling Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Ethelbert Road Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Graveney Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Grove Park Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
Halfway Houses Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Hernhill Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Holywell Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 84% 2024/25[10]
Iwade School	4–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Kemsley Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Lansdowne Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Lower Halstow Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 33% 2024/25[10]
Luddenham School	4–11[2]	KS2 37% 2024/25[10]
Lynsted and Norton Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 78% 2023/24[11]
Milstead and Frinsted Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Milton Court Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Minster in Sheppey Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 89% 2024/25[10]
Minterne Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Newington Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Ospringe Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Queenborough School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[10]
Regis Manor Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Richmond Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Rodmersham School	4–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Rose Street Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 51% 2024/25[10]
Selling Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Sheldwich Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 88% 2024/25[10]
South Avenue Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
St Edward's Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
St Georges CofE (Aided) Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 45% 2024/25[10]
St Peter's Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
St. Clement's CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 15% 2024/25[10]
Sunny Bank Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Teynham Parochial Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]
The Oaks Infant School	3–7[2]
Thistle Hill Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 49% 2024/25[10]
Tunstall Church of England (Aided) Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
West Minster Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Westlands Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
Lorenden Preparatory School	3–11[2]
VTC Independent School	13–18[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (9)

School	Ages	Headline results
ALP Sittingbourne	6–19[2]
Aspire School	4–11[2]
Curly's Farm and School	5–20[2]
Infiniti School	11–19[2]
ISP School	7–18[2]
Meadowfield School	4–19[2]
Nore Academy	11–16[2]
The Elmley Dray School	9–19[2]
Yew Tree Farm School	7–16[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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