The Thomas Aveling School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 14 2022 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
137376
Address
Arethusa Road, ME1 2UW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1234 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
49.8%
Girls
50.2%
First language not English
12.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.3%
Persistent absence
24.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 71.3%
Other White 6.9%
Mixed 5.9%
Other Asian 3.8%
African 3.6%
Indian 1.9%
Bangladeshi 1.5%
Other 1.4%
Unclassified 1.3%
Other Black 0.9%
Caribbean 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.27
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 24%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.8
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.64
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award38
Speech & DramaTechnical Award22
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE38
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE20
Business Studies:SingleGCSE91
ChemistryGCSE20
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE39
Design & TechnologyGCSE29
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Thomas Aveling School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
185
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
263
2nd preference
194
3rd preference
153
From another Local Authority
42
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
173
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes22.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
193
97
96
Year 8
197
104
93
Year 9
221
108
113
Year 10
224
119
105
Year 11
190
99
91
Year 12
114
56
58
Year 13
95
31
64
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
88.0%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
27.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
45.0%
58.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
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
60.0%
57.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
12.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
2.0%
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
1.0%
2.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020