Waterfront UTC
South Side Three Road, Chatham, ME4 4FQ
381 pupils · 152% of 250 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- University technical college
- Ages
- 14–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- THE HOWARD ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Medway
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 35.3%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
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 10 January 2023, published 1 March 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 | 30 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 20% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 37.3% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
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.
Nearby alternatives
- Brompton Academy 1.8 km · No overall grade (2024)
- The Robert Napier School 2.4 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Chatham Grammar 2.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Maritime Academy 2.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Fort Pitt Grammar School 3.1 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
- St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School 3.1 km · No overall grade (2024)
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.