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Rainham School for Girls

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,622Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • GirlsPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136456URN

Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 0BX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
1.2 below Medway median (3.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in MedwaySelective

574 applications for 263 places · 13th of 19 in Medway
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.8of 90
8th of 19 in Medway
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 19 May 2026Published 12 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 19 May 2026
    Report card · 5 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
  2. 21 April 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.2applications per place, Year 7
1.2 below Medway median (3.4) close to England median (2.2)

574 applications · 263 places offered · 265 named it first

  1. 2026 2.2; Medway median median 3.4
  2. 2025 2.2; Medway median median 3.3
  3. 2024 1.9; Medway median median 3.3
  4. 2023 1.8; Medway median median 3.1
  5. 2022 1.8; Medway median median 3.2
  6. 2021 1.6; Medway median median 3.3
  7. 2020 1.9; Medway median median 3.0
  8. 2019 2.1; Medway median median 3.0
  9. 2018 1.8; Medway median median 2.7
  10. 2017 1.7; Medway median median 2.7
  11. 2016 1.9; Medway median median 2.6
  12. 2015 1.9; Medway median median 2.5
  13. 2014 2.0; Medway median median 2.8
More applications per place than the Medway median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262635742.22651.01
Sep 20252685992.22590.97
Sep 20242695121.92210.82
Sep 20232704841.82060.76
Sep 20222704721.82010.74
Sep 20213065031.62360.77
Sep 20203005821.92950.98
Sep 20192675532.12931.10
Sep 20182694871.82320.86
Sep 20172694521.72080.77
Sep 20162705221.92590.96
Sep 20152685121.92580.96
Sep 20142705282.02630.97

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

264 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.88th of 19 in Medway
Grade 5 or above in English and maths29%12th of 19 in Medway
Grade 4 or above in English and maths63%
  • This school
  • Medway median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.33
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)26444.829%63%–
2024/2527144.330%63%–
2023/2428146.140%64%+0.33
2022/2326543.429%60%+0.01

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

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136456 · 887/4199
Trust
The Kemnal Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,558 pupils · 1,622 on roll
Free school meals
22.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 February 2011
Replaced
Rainham School for Girls (URN 118823)
Address
Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 0BX
Local authority
Medway

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources