Graded inspection · Feb 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry681 applications · 174 places offered · 176 named it first
- 2026 3.9; Medway median median 3.4
- 2025 4.1; Medway median median 3.3
- 2024 3.8; Medway median median 3.3
- 2023 3.1; Medway median median 3.1
- 2022 3.4; Medway median median 3.2
- 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 | 174 | 681 | 3.9 | 176 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2025 | 172 | 704 | 4.1 | 182 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2024 | 178 | 668 | 3.8 | 190 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2023 | 207 | 650 | 3.1 | 216 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2022 | 180 | 617 | 3.4 | 175 | 0.97 |
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.) | 224 | 44.5 | 30% | 59% | – |
| 2024/25 | 0 | – | |||
| 2023/24 | 0 | – | |||
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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 RainhamThis schoolThis schoolGood20243.9applications per place 44.5Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Medway20262.2applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Medway20262.2applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · MedwayGood20224.1applications per place 63.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 4.7 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 30.2Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · MedwayRemains Good20237.7applications per place 60.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.3 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20244.0applications per place 35.7Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · MedwayGood20232.5applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · KentRemains Good20243.6applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 148577 · 887/4004
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,150 pupils · 964 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 September 2021
- Address
- Otterham Quay Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8GS
- Local authority
- Medway
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources