Fort Pitt Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Oct 4 2022 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
136337
Address
Fort Pitt Hill, ME4 6TJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
932 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
2.1%
Girls
97.9%
First language not English
14.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.5%
Persistent absence
15.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
2.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 65.7%
African 11.5%
Other White 6.9%
Mixed 6%
Indian 3.3%
Bangladeshi 1.6%
Other Asian 1.1%
Chinese 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Irish 0.6%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Unclassified 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.54
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 82%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 84%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 63.3
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.95
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE13
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE91
Business Studies:SingleGCSE61
ChemistryGCSE91
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE118
English LiteratureGCSE118
FrenchGCSE30
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Fort Pitt Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
150
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
235
2nd preference
203
3rd preference
140
From another Local Authority
179
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
147
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes23.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
151
0
151
Year 8
146
0
146
Year 9
150
0
150
Year 10
149
0
149
Year 11
149
0
149
Year 12
105
11
94
Year 13
82
9
73
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
11.0%
27.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
85.0%
58.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
79.0%
57.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
12.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
21.0%
9.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020