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Rainham Mark Grammar School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,568Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136864URN

Pump Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7AJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.1per place
0.7 above Medway median (3.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in MedwaySelective

947 applications for 233 places · 5th of 19 in Medway
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
63.1of 90
3rd of 19 in Medway
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 24 May 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
4.1applications per place, Year 7
0.7 above Medway median (3.4) 1.8 above England median (2.2)

947 applications · 233 places offered · 281 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 4.1; Medway median median 3.4
  2. 2025 4.5; Medway median median 3.3
  3. 2024 3.6; Medway median median 3.3
  4. 2023 3.8; Medway median median 3.1
  5. 2022 3.6; Medway median median 3.2
  6. 2021 4.0; Medway median median 3.3
  7. 2020 3.6; Medway median median 3.0
  8. 2019 3.3; Medway median median 3.0
  9. 2018 3.3; Medway median median 2.7
  10. 2017 3.2; Medway median median 2.7
  11. 2016 3.1; Medway median median 2.6
  12. 2015 3.2; Medway median median 2.5
  13. 2014 2.9; Medway median median 2.8
More applications per place than the Medway median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262339474.12811.21
Sep 20252321,0414.53051.31
Sep 20242358343.62571.09
Sep 20232358943.83031.29
Sep 20222348473.63091.32
Sep 20212349244.03401.45
Sep 20202358513.62931.25
Sep 20192337583.32951.27
Sep 20182357813.33151.34
Sep 20172066663.22731.33
Sep 20162056403.12381.16
Sep 20152056503.22641.29
Sep 20142045942.92541.25

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

235 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)63.13rd of 19 in Medway
Grade 5 or above in English and maths89%3rd of 19 in Medway
Grade 4 or above in English and maths98%
  • This school
  • Medway median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.28
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23563.189%98%–
2024/2523762.787%96%–
2023/2423663.492%98%+0.28
2022/2324162.687%98%+0.28

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

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  • 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
136864 · 887/5420
Trust
Aletheia Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
1,242 pupils · 1,568 on roll
Free school meals
10.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2011
Replaced
Rainham Mark Grammar School (URN 118892)
Address
Pump Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7AJ
Local authority
Medway

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