Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Inadequate
Mar 7 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
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
Kent
Unique reference
136382
Address
Chatham Street, CT11 7PS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1427 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
51.9%
Girls
48.1%
First language not English
10.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.5%
Persistent absence
18.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 73.9%
Other White 8.3%
Mixed 7.4%
Unclassified 2%
Chinese 1.5%
Other 1.5%
Other Asian 1.4%
Indian 1.3%
African 1%
Irish 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.12
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 90%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 81%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 60.9
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.89
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award16
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE46
BiologyGCSE49
Business Studies:SingleGCSE118
ChemistryGCSE49
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
Design & TechnologyGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE236
English LiteratureGCSE236
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
171
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
200
2nd preference
197
3rd preference
108
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
160
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
4
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 classes20.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
167
86
81
Year 8
183
106
77
Year 9
189
103
86
Year 10
196
96
100
Year 11
204
106
98
Year 12
238
122
116
Year 13
250
121
129
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
9.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
87.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
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%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
21.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
16.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
SP
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020