Chatham Grammar
Rainham Road, Chatham, ME5 7EH
948 pupils · 97% of 976 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions
- Selective
- Trust
- THE UNIVERSITY OF KENT ACADEMIES TRUST
- Local authority
- Medway
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 17.4%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 18 October 2023, published 4 December 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 61.8 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 75.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 92.7% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 96% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.23 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 150 | 185 | 1,151 | 150 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 126 | 132 | 695 | 126 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 135 | 136 | 638 | 133 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 148 | 143 | 657 | 148 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 120 | 136 | 591 | 119 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 102 | 116 | 623 | 101 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 95 | 114 | 604 | 95 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 131 | 106 | 549 | 125 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Robert Napier School 1 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Brompton Academy 1.2 km · No overall grade (2024)
- The Victory Academy 1.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Holcombe Grammar School 2.2 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School 2.2 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Fort Pitt Grammar School 2.5 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.