Maritime Academy
Chalk Lane, Rochester, ME2 4YG
736 pupils · 64% of 1,150 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Medway
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 32.7%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
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 7 May 2025, published 9 June 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.01 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 172 | 174 | 597 | 172 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 176 | 225 | 710 | 176 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 239 | 186 | 616 | 229 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 180 | 119 | 404 | 146 |
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
- Fort Pitt Grammar School 2.7 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
- Waterfront UTC 2.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School 3 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Leigh Academy Strood 3 km · Good — confirmed 2021 · previous system
- Brompton Academy 3.3 km · No overall grade (2024)
- The Rochester Grammar School 3.7 km · Good (2023) · 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.