The Rochester Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 18 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Medway
Unique reference
136313
Address
Maidstone Road, ME1 3BY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1177 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
1.3%
Girls
98.7%
First language not English
26.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.2%
Persistent absence
6.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
1.9%
Pupil ethnicities
African 39.4%
White British 27.3%
Indian 9.3%
Mixed 7.4%
Other White 4.8%
Other Asian 2.8%
Other 2.2%
Bangladeshi 1.7%
Pakistani 1.5%
Chinese 1.5%
Caribbean 0.9%
Unclassified 0.6%
Other Black 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.83
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 98%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 99%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 71.6
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.9
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Film StudiesAS level9
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE149
Business Studies:SingleGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE148
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE200
English LiteratureGCSE200
FrenchGCSE50
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Rochester Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
235
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
197
2nd preference
233
3rd preference
156
From another Local Authority
276
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
173
2nd preference
43
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
90
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 classes22.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
203
0
203
Year 8
200
0
200
Year 9
191
0
191
Year 10
227
0
227
Year 11
168
0
168
Year 12
84
9
75
Year 13
104
6
98
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
88.0%
86.5%
Further education
3.0%
27.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
92.0%
58.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
85.0%
57.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
50.0%
12.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
37.0%
9.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020