Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in MedwaySelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry826 applications · 205 places offered · 351 named it first
- 2026 4.0; Medway median median 3.4
- 2025 4.3; Medway median median 3.3
- 2024 4.4; Medway median median 3.3
- 2023 4.4; Medway median median 3.1
- 2022 4.4; Medway median median 3.2
- 2021 4.1; Medway median median 3.3
- 2020 4.2; Medway median median 3.0
- 2019 4.0; Medway median median 3.0
- 2018 4.0; Medway median median 2.7
- 2017 3.4; Medway median median 2.7
- 2016 3.3; Medway median median 2.6
- 2015 3.5; Medway median median 2.5
- 2014 3.5; 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 | 205 | 826 | 4.0 | 351 | 1.71 |
| Sep 2025 | 217 | 934 | 4.3 | 361 | 1.66 |
| Sep 2024 | 230 | 1,018 | 4.4 | 439 | 1.91 |
| Sep 2023 | 220 | 973 | 4.4 | 481 | 2.19 |
| Sep 2022 | 218 | 956 | 4.4 | 475 | 2.18 |
| Sep 2021 | 229 | 936 | 4.1 | 450 | 1.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 229 | 956 | 4.2 | 463 | 2.02 |
| Sep 2019 | 231 | 929 | 4.0 | 422 | 1.83 |
| Sep 2018 | 228 | 920 | 4.0 | 409 | 1.79 |
| Sep 2017 | 226 | 765 | 3.4 | 387 | 1.71 |
| Sep 2016 | 230 | 759 | 3.3 | 339 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2015 | 217 | 758 | 3.5 | 349 | 1.61 |
| Sep 2014 | 191 | 668 | 3.5 | 350 | 1.83 |
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.) | 218 | 35.7 | 18% | 42% | – |
| 2024/25 | 235 | 38.1 | 25% | 46% | – |
| 2023/24 | 232 | 35.9 | 21% | 42% | −0.37 |
| 2022/23 | 230 | 34.6 | 16% | 39% | −0.65 |
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
- Brompton AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20244.0applications per place 35.7Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · MedwayRemains Good20237.7applications per place 60.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.6 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 30.2Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · MedwayGood20232.5applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · MedwayGood202331.5Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · MedwayOutstanding20227.6applications per place 63.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.3 km · MedwayRemains Good20245.4applications per place 59.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.0 km · MedwayGood20234.1applications per place 67.5Attainment 8 Selective
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136107 · 887/6906
- Trust
- The University of Kent Academies Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,400 pupils · 1,399 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 September 2010
- Replaced
- New Brompton College (URN 118926)
- Address
- Marlborough Road, Gillingham, ME7 5HT
- Local authority
- Medway
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources