Rainham Mark Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 25 2022 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
Medway
Unique reference
136864
Address
Pump Lane, Rainham, ME8 7AJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1535 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
54.9%
Girls
45.1%
First language not English
9.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
7.9%
Persistent absence
15.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 67%
Mixed 9.8%
African 6.3%
Indian 5.5%
Other White 3.1%
Other Asian 2%
Pakistani 1.4%
Bangladeshi 1%
Other Black 1%
Other 0.8%
Caribbean 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.28
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 95%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 87%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 62.6
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.02
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE34
AstronomyGCSE5
BiologyGCSE154
Business Studies:SingleGCSE108
ChemistryGCSE154
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE54
Design & TechnologyGCSE23
DanceGCSE1
EconomicsGCSE32
English LanguageGCSE239
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Rainham Mark Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
235
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
257
2nd preference
174
3rd preference
192
From another Local Authority
121
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
216
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
2
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 classes22.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
237
145
92
Year 8
237
132
105
Year 9
236
122
114
Year 10
237
123
114
Year 11
236
135
101
Year 12
173
93
80
Year 13
179
93
86
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
88.0%
86.5%
Further education
8.0%
27.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
85.0%
58.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
1.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
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
67.0%
57.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
26.0%
12.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
21.0%
9.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
8.0%
2.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020