Meopham School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 20 2023 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
Kent
Unique reference
139075
Address
Wrotham Road, Meopham, DA13 0AH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1001 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
53.5%
Girls
46.5%
First language not English
1.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.9%
Persistent absence
29.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 85.5%
Mixed 4.7%
African 3.1%
Other White 2.5%
Indian 2.2%
Unclassified 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 74%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.7
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.81
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award10
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award16
Health StudiesTechnical Award30
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award30
Speech & DramaTechnical Award6
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award38
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
Art & DesignGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE165
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Meopham School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
170
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
90
2nd preference
136
3rd preference
168
From another Local Authority
24
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
90
2nd preference
33
3rd preference
22
To another Local Authority
8
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 classes21
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
202
122
80
Year 8
191
101
90
Year 9
192
97
95
Year 10
165
94
71
Year 11
160
90
70
Year 12
45
15
30
Year 13
46
17
29
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
34.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
48.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
44.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020