Chatham Grammar

Academy converter·Secondary school Chatham, Medway·ME5 7EH
Composite score
77.2
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#209
National rank
#62
In South East
#6
In Medway
Top 7%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
61.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
76%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
93%
% EBacc grade 5+
44%
EBacc average points score
5.86

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
53%
185 first choices, 150 places
First choices per place
1.23
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,151
any preference, for 150 places
Applications from another council area
21%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.19
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1320220.9720231.0120241.0520251.232026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Medway does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Chatham Grammar. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
950
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.9%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
21.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
5.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
0.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
12.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£5,637
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
99%
122 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
96%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Chatham Grammar is a girls' secondary school serving Chatham, Medway, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 950 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 61.8 — well above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 1.7 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 7% of secondary schools in England.

76% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 93% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Chatham Grammar is oversubscribed: about 5 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 185 first choices for 150 places. After Year 11, 99% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 18.7 pupils per teacher. Chatham Grammar does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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