Graded inspection · May 2025 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 | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry597 applications · 172 places offered · 174 named it first
- 2026 3.5; Medway median median 3.4
- 2025 4.0; Medway median median 3.3
- 2024 2.6; Medway median median 3.3
- 2023 2.2; Medway median median 3.1
- 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 | 172 | 597 | 3.5 | 174 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2025 | 176 | 710 | 4.0 | 225 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2024 | 239 | 616 | 2.6 | 186 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2023 | 180 | 404 | 2.2 | 119 | 0.66 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Maritime AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20253.5applications per place
- 2.7 km · MedwayOutstanding20227.6applications per place 63.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.9 km · MedwayGood202331.5Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Medway20262.0applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · MedwayGraded · no overall grade20244.0applications per place 35.7Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · MedwayRemains Good · improving20241.8applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · MedwayGood20234.1applications per place 67.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.8 km · MedwayOutstanding20233.7applications per place 69.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 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
- 149075 · 887/4005
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,150 pupils · 736 on roll
- Free school meals
- 32.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2022
- Address
- Chalk Lane, Rochester, ME2 4YG
- Local authority
- Medway
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources