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Brompton Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 36 35.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
35.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
17.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.37 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 38.1[6] 24.7%[6]
2023/24 35.9[4] 21.1%[4] -0.37[4]
2022/23 34.6[7] 16%[7] -0.65[7]
2021/22 39.5[8] 22%[8] -0.61[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 D+[10] 3.6%[10]
2022/23 D+[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 0%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
32% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2020/21[15]
Further education college
46% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[16] 39%[16] 40%[16] 2%[16] 5%[16]
2020/21 92%[15] 36%[15] 0%[15] 47%[15] 1%[15] 3%[15]
2019/20 95%[17] 40%[17] 0%[17] 46%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 90%[18] 36%[18] 0%[18] 45%[18] 2%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
81% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
48% 2022/23[19]
Education
52% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
24% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 87%[20] 50%[20] 51%[20] 4%[20] 32%[20]
2020/21 86%[21] 57%[21] 61%[21] 2%[21] 23%[21]
2019/20 87%[22] 53%[22] 55%[22] 5%[22] 27%[22]
2018/19 90%[23] 42%[23] 49%[23] 3%[23] 37%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
57% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
8% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
4% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 70%[26] 15%[26]
2019/20 61%[25] 5%[25] 4%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 50%[27] 2%[27] 2%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 38%[28] 6%[28] 5%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
26 Nov 2024[29]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[29]
Report published
20 Jan 2025[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
21 Sep 2022[30] S5 Inspection[30] Requires improvement[30]
21 Feb 2017[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.0 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
826 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
351 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
205 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 934[32] 361[32] 217[32] 4.3[32] 1.7[32]
Entry Sept 2024 1018[32] 439[32] 230[32] 4.4[32] 1.9[32]
Entry Sept 2023 973[32] 481[32] 220[32] 4.4[32] 2.2[32]
Entry Sept 2022 956[32] 475[32] 218[32] 4.4[32] 2.2[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
240 Entry Sept 2027[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1400[1]
Trust
THE UNIVERSITY OF KENT ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Medway[1]
Website
http://www.bromptonacademy.org.uk[1]
District
Medway[34]
Postcode
ME7 5HT[1]
URN
136107[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1382 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
14.5% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
13.8% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
8.4% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
39.8% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
66.4%[36]
Mixed
10.5%[36]
Asian
5.5%[36]
Black
12.6%[36]
Any other ethnic group
1.8%[36]
Unclassified
3.2%[36]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quote
    The Planned Admission Number (PAN) is 240 (which includes 20 places per year group in the designated Eliot SEN Communications Centre for young people who have an EHCP). (p. 2)
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