Graded inspection · Mar 2023 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry740 applications · 201 places offered · 336 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 3.7; Medway median median 3.4
- 2025 3.4; Medway median median 3.3
- 2024 3.3; Medway median median 3.3
- 2023 3.3; Medway median median 3.1
- 2022 3.2; Medway median median 3.2
- 2021 3.8; Medway median median 3.3
- 2020 3.2; Medway median median 3.0
- 2019 3.0; Medway median median 3.0
- 2018 2.7; Medway median median 2.7
- 2017 2.7; Medway median median 2.7
- 2016 2.6; Medway median median 2.6
- 2015 2.8; Medway median median 2.5
- 2014 3.1; Medway median median 2.8
- This school
- Medway median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
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 | 201 | 740 | 3.7 | 336 | 1.67 |
| Sep 2025 | 232 | 786 | 3.4 | 397 | 1.71 |
| Sep 2024 | 203 | 667 | 3.3 | 325 | 1.60 |
| Sep 2023 | 201 | 660 | 3.3 | 331 | 1.65 |
| Sep 2022 | 203 | 643 | 3.2 | 258 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2021 | 200 | 765 | 3.8 | 347 | 1.74 |
| Sep 2020 | 203 | 658 | 3.2 | 326 | 1.61 |
| Sep 2019 | 202 | 610 | 3.0 | 302 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2018 | 203 | 546 | 2.7 | 275 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2017 | 201 | 542 | 2.7 | 271 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2016 | 186 | 476 | 2.6 | 246 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2015 | 168 | 476 | 2.8 | 217 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2014 | 168 | 514 | 3.1 | 249 | 1.48 |
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 | 69.9 | 96% | 100% | – |
| 2024/25 | 216 | 69.5 | 94% | 97% | – |
| 2023/24 | 204 | 70.3 | 98% | 100% | +0.90 |
| 2022/23 | 203 | 70.4 | 98% | 100% | +0.85 |
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
- Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20233.7applications per place 69.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.2 km · MedwayGood20234.1applications per place 67.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.7 km · MedwayRemains Good20223.4applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · MedwayRemains Good20245.4applications per place 59.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.5 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · MedwayOutstanding20227.6applications per place 63.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.3 km · MedwayGood20232.5applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · MedwaySpecial measures Inadequate20231.4applications per place 29.2Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · MedwaySerious weaknesses Inadequate20231.2applications per place 29.4Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136662 · 887/4530
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,280 pupils · 1,555 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School (URN 118839)
- Address
- Maidstone Road, Rochester, ME1 3EL
- Local authority
- Medway
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources