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Medway schools step up to active travel competitions

Published: Tuesday, 20th May 2025

Medway’s Walkin’ N Wheelin' Challenge kicked off this week, an exciting local initiative that encourages active travel to local schools over a five-day period.

  • Thousands of children get chosen secondary school place

    Published: Monday, 3rd March 2025

    Today (Monday, 3 March) is National Offer Day, where families across Medway will find out which secondary school their child has been offered for September 2025.

  • Department for Education gives green light for three Medway grammar schools to go co-ed

    Published: Tuesday, 5th November 2024

    Three single-sex schools - Chatham Grammar, Fort Pitt Grammar School, and Holcombe Grammar School - are set to become co-educational schools from September 2026.

  • A statement on the Medway Test

    Published: Thursday, 19th September 2024

    Children across Medway have been sitting the Medway Test this week.

  • Boundary Road Nursery – woman in two children in the garden.

    Supporting early years settings in Medway to promote a healthy lifestyle

    Published: Friday, 13th September 2024

    Early Years settings in Medway can get free support, training and recognition through the Healthy Early Years (HEY) Awards.

  • Image showing children planting at the City of Rochester School, as part of the Veolia Orchard campaign

    Fruitful pickings for orchard campaign

    Published: Friday, 5th April 2024

    The Veolia Orchard campaign continues to bloom, supporting over 190 schools across the UK with 8 orchards in Medway.

  • Ofsted recognises improvements in Medway’s SEND services

    Published: Tuesday, 2nd April 2024

    Ofsted has today (2 April) published a report following its recent Joint Area SEND (special educational needs and disability) inspection in Medway. 

  • MOJ announcement on Cookham Wood

    Published: Thursday, 21st March 2024

    We have issued a statement welcoming the decision to move children and young people to alternative accommodation.

  • Mother and child crossing the road

    New School Streets scheme launched

    Published: Friday, 8th March 2024

    A new initiative to make streets outside schools safer for children will launch on Monday, 11 March.

  • Image showing pupils in science class at Secondary school

    Thousands of children get chosen secondary school place

    Published: Friday, 1st March 2024

    Children across Medway will begin finding out today which secondary school they will be attending from September 2024.

  • Image showing pupils in science class at Secondary school

    More Medway children to have grammar school opportunity under new admissions procedure

    Published: Friday, 5th January 2024

    More Medway children will get the chance to attend grammar schools, under changes to the admissions process.

  • Help with your exam results

    Published: Wednesday, 16th August 2023

    We are sending our best wishes to everyone across Medway receiving their exam results over the next few weeks.

  • Update on plans for three co-educational grammar schools

    Published: Friday, 14th July 2023

    In May 2022, residents were invited to have their say on a proposal which could see three grammar schools in Medway become co-educational.

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