The Victory Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 2 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Medway
Unique reference
136108
Address
Magpie Hall Road, ME4 5JB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1192 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
48.7%
Girls
51.3%
First language not English
27.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
38.5%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 51.4%
Other White 16.7%
African 12.2%
Mixed 7.4%
Unclassified 4.1%
Gypsy/Roma 2.4%
Other 1.6%
Caribbean 1.3%
Indian 0.9%
Pakistani 0.6%
Other Black 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Other Asian 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.59
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 22%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.7
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.77
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award22
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award1
Music Studies (General)Technical Award30
Sports StudiesTechnical Award26
TourismTechnical Award1
Health StudiesTechnical Award60
Speech & DramaTechnical Award29
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE46
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE2
BiologyGCSE59
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Victory Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
209
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
209
2nd preference
109
3rd preference
97
From another Local Authority
14
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
181
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
209
87
122
Year 8
205
96
109
Year 9
202
102
100
Year 10
210
101
109
Year 11
234
129
105
Year 12
72
32
40
Year 13
60
34
26
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
88.0%
86.5%
Further education
42.0%
27.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
38.0%
58.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
4.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
67.0%
57.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
12.0%
12.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
12.0%
9.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020