The Robert Napier School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 30 2019 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
138511
Address
Third Avenue, ME7 2LX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1050 (75% of total capacity)
Boys
53.3%
Girls
46.7%
First language not English
15.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.2%
Persistent absence
41.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
23.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.4%
Mixed 8.2%
Other White 7.7%
African 5.9%
Caribbean 1.8%
Other Asian 1.6%
Indian 1.2%
Other 1.2%
Pakistani 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish Traveller 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
-0.69
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 9%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 11%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 31.2
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.57
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award7
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award10
Health StudiesTechnical Award49
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE23
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE1
Business Studies:SingleGCSE48
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE181
English LiteratureGCSE169
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Robert Napier School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
209
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
103
2nd preference
182
3rd preference
95
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
103
2nd preference
79
3rd preference
12
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 classes19.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
207
112
95
Year 8
185
99
86
Year 9
194
108
86
Year 10
198
104
94
Year 11
165
90
75
Year 12
64
31
33
Year 13
37
16
21
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
88.0%
86.5%
Further education
40.0%
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
0.0%
1.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
4.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
69.0%
57.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
3.0%
12.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
3.0%
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
5.0%
2.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020