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The Victory Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 39 38.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D D 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
38.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
25.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
5.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.36 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 35.5[6] 22.4%[6]
2023/24 40[4] 32%[4] -0.36[4]
2022/23 33.7[7] 22%[7] -0.59[7]
2021/22 32.8[8] 18%[8] -0.71[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D 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 C-[10] 6.7%[10]
2022/23 D[11] 7.7%[11]
2021/22 D+[12] 0%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 3.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
81% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
37% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2021/22[15]
Further education college
40% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 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 85%[15] 32%[15] 1%[15] 46%[15] 1%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 85%[16] 38%[16] 0%[16] 42%[16] 2%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 84%[17] 40%[17] 0%[17] 42%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 87%[18] 46%[18] 2%[18] 32%[18] 2%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
78% 2022/23[19]
Education
53% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
20% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 70%[20] 55%[20] 2%[20] 13%[20]
2020/21 79%[21] 61%[21] 7%[21] 11%[21]
2019/20 82%[22] 61%[22] 5%[22] 16%[22]
2018/19 76%[23] 57%[23] 4%[23] 15%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
67% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
0% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
12% 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 59%[26] 7%[26]
2019/20 67%[25] 12%[25] 12%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 63%[27] 3%[27] 3%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 35%[28] 0%[28] 0%[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
2 Feb 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
17 May 2023[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
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
10 Nov 2020[30] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[30] No overall grade[30]
26 Sep 2017[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.5 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
560 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
191 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
222 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 579[32] 170[32] 233[32] 2.5[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2024 529[32] 209[32] 209[32] 2.5[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2023 347[32] 148[32] 209[32] 1.7[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2022 383[32] 153[32] 213[32] 1.8[32] 0.7[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
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
1500[1]
Trust
THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Medway[1]
Website
http://www.thevictoryacademy.org.uk/[1]
District
Medway[34]
Postcode
ME4 5JB[1]
URN
136108[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1221 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
26.9% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
15.2% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
1% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
45.1% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
69.1%[36]
Mixed
7.3%[36]
Asian
2.4%[36]
Black
17.7%[36]
Any other ethnic group
1.6%[36]
Unclassified
1.9%[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

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    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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  33. thevictoryacademy.org.uk: thevictoryacademy.org.uk — Admissions policy 2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The school's published admission number is 240. (p. 2)
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