Chatham Grammar

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 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
137389
Address
Rainham Road, ME5 7EH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
980 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
1.7%
Girls
98.3%
First language not English
20.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.6%
Persistent absence
10.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 36.4%
African 36.1%
Mixed 8.3%
Other White 6.1%
Indian 4.2%
Other Asian 1.8%
Pakistani 1.7%
Unclassified 1.5%
Other 1.2%
Caribbean 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Irish 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.34
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 99%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 79%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 59.5
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.51
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE16
Art & DesignGCSE17
BiologyGCSE74
Business Studies:SingleGCSE69
ChemistryGCSE74
English LanguageGCSE179
English LiteratureGCSE179
FrenchGCSE69
GeographyGCSE62
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Chatham Grammar

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
135
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
136
2nd preference
182
3rd preference
181
From another Local Authority
153
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
81
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
16
To another Local Authority
53
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 classes24
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
149
0
149
Year 8
150
0
150
Year 9
150
0
150
Year 10
151
0
151
Year 11
179
0
179
Year 12
95
12
83
Year 13
106
5
101
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
85.8%
85.6%
Further education
8.0%
29.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
86.0%
55.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
0.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.4%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
5.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
75.0%
56.5%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
15.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.7%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021