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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 20 March 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
- 4 July 2018Graded inspection: 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 entry483 applications · 275 places offered · 229 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Medway median median 3.4
- 2025 1.9; Medway median median 3.3
- 2024 2.0; Medway median median 3.3
- 2023 1.8; Medway median median 3.1
- 2022 1.6; Medway median median 3.2
- 2021 1.5; Medway median median 3.3
- 2020 1.6; Medway median median 3.0
- 2019 1.6; Medway median median 3.0
- 2018 1.5; Medway median median 2.7
- 2017 1.5; Medway median median 2.7
- 2016 1.7; Medway median median 2.6
- 2015 1.6; Medway median median 2.5
- 2014 1.5; Medway median median 2.8
- This school
- Medway median
Reception entry, September 2026: 2.7 per place (162 applications for 60 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 | 275 | 483 | 1.8 | 229 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2025 | 291 | 554 | 1.9 | 253 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2024 | 252 | 502 | 2.0 | 229 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 | 284 | 502 | 1.8 | 267 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 | 320 | 503 | 1.6 | 288 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2021 | 293 | 451 | 1.5 | 237 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2020 | 295 | 474 | 1.6 | 232 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2019 | 272 | 441 | 1.6 | 211 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2018 | 260 | 393 | 1.5 | 203 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2017 | 254 | 377 | 1.5 | 212 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2016 | 257 | 435 | 1.7 | 213 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2015 | 271 | 425 | 1.6 | 207 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2014 | 269 | 412 | 1.5 | 226 | 0.84 |
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.) | 244 | 42.3 | 35% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 254 | 43.2 | 39% | 65% | – |
| 2023/24 | 255 | 41.1 | 31% | 54% | −0.07 |
| 2022/23 | 236 | 41.6 | 29% | 61% | −0.10 |
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 Hundred of HooThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good · improving20241.8applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · MedwayGood202331.5Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20253.5applications per place
- 4.4 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20244.0applications per place 35.7Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 30.2Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · MedwayOutstanding20227.6applications per place 63.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 5.3 km · MedwayRemains Good20237.7applications per place 60.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 5.4 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · MedwayGood20232.5applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 137119 · 887/4000
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,900 pupils · 1,829 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- The Hundred of Hoo Comprehensive School (URN 118799)
- Address
- Main Road, Hoo, Rochester, ME3 9HH
- Local authority
- Medway
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources