Chatham has 30 schools: 19 primary schools, 9 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools. Between them they teach around 14,067 pupils. 22 of them have enough published data for a score, averaging 5.7 out of 10, and 2 score 8 or above.
8 schools have a sixth form. 11 have an attached nursery. 6 have a religious character, which usually means their own admissions criteria. 3 are selective and set an entrance test.