Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in MedwaySelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 9 June 2026Report card · 5 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
- 2 December 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry497 applications · 246 places offered · 199 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.0; Medway median median 3.4
- 2025 1.7; Medway median median 3.3
- 2024 1.9; Medway median median 3.3
- 2023 1.7; Medway median median 3.1
- 2022 1.7; Medway median median 3.2
- 2021 2.0; Medway median median 3.3
- 2020 1.9; Medway median median 3.0
- 2019 2.1; Medway median median 3.0
- 2018 1.9; Medway median median 2.7
- 2017 1.6; Medway median median 2.7
- 2016 1.8; Medway median median 2.6
- 2015 2.1; Medway median median 2.5
- 2014 2.2; Medway median median 2.8
- This school
- Medway median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 246 | 497 | 2.0 | 199 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2025 | 258 | 449 | 1.7 | 171 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2024 | 224 | 422 | 1.9 | 186 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2023 | 246 | 428 | 1.7 | 205 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2022 | 265 | 441 | 1.7 | 231 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2021 | 236 | 464 | 2.0 | 237 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 257 | 498 | 1.9 | 270 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2019 | 239 | 496 | 2.1 | 252 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2018 | 246 | 467 | 1.9 | 248 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2017 | 247 | 406 | 1.6 | 228 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 | 240 | 434 | 1.8 | 228 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 240 | 500 | 2.1 | 259 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2014 | 237 | 520 | 2.2 | 259 | 1.09 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 214 | 43.7 | 31% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 225 | 41.2 | 23% | 56% | – |
| 2023/24 | 221 | 41.2 | 29% | 60% | −0.17 |
| 2022/23 | 215 | 36.9 | 17% | 40% | −0.39 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Leigh Academy StroodThis schoolThis school20262.0applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20253.5applications per place
- 3.7 km · MedwayGood20234.1applications per place 67.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.7 km · MedwayOutstanding20233.7applications per place 69.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.8 km · MedwayOutstanding20227.6applications per place 63.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 4.1 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · MedwayRemains Good20223.4applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · MedwayRemains Good20245.4applications per place 59.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 5.4 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20244.0applications per place 35.7Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135964 · 887/6905
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,500 pupils · 1,311 on roll
- Free school meals
- 34.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision and SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 September 2009
- Address
- Carnation Road, Strood, Rochester, ME2 2SX
- Local authority
- Medway
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources