St Andrew's School (Rochester)
St Andrew's School (Rochester) is an independent school in Rochester for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. It has 329 pupils and room for 360.
24 - 26 Watts Avenue, Rochester, ME1 1SA01634 843479st-andrews.rochester.sch.ukMrs Emma Steinmann-Gilbert principalAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Medway council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 329 | 341 | 358 | 362 | 367 | 341 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Margaret's at Troy Town CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Academy | 350 m | 216 | Report card 2026 | 89 | Compare |
| King's School, Rochester | Independent | 510 m | 574 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Rochester Independent College | Independent | 610 m | 401 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Ripplevale School Rochester | Independent | 740 m | 140 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Rochester Riverside Church of England Primary School | Free school | 860 m | 298 | No overall grade 2025 | 43 | Compare |
| St Peter's Infant School | Council | 910 m | 60 | Good 2024 | 10 | Compare |
| Fort Pitt Grammar School | Academy (grammar) | 0.7 miles | 1,009 | Outstanding 2022 | 95 | Compare |
| St William of Perth Roman Catholic Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 211 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is St Andrew's School (Rochester) a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score St Andrew's School (Rochester) yet.
How many pupils does St Andrew's School (Rochester) have?
329 pupils aged 2 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 360 places, so it is 91% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 24 - 26 Watts Avenue, Rochester, ME1 1SA
- Telephone
- 01634 843479
- Website
- www.st-andrews.rochester.sch.uk
- Principal
- Mrs Emma Steinmann-Gilbert
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 2-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Medway
- Ward
- Rochester West & Borstal
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 18 March 1958
- URN
- 118985 · LAESTAB 8876002 · UKPRN 10080533
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.