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The Rochester Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 68 67.5 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
67.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
93% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
44.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.67 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 68.4[5] 92.4%[5]
2023/24 71.6[3] 97%[3] +0.67[3]
2022/23 71.6[6] 99%[6] +0.83[6]
2021/22 72.7[7] 98%[7] +0.75[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2018/19[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
19.2% 2018/19[8]
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
2017/18 B[10] 23.8%[10]
2016/17 B[11] 23.2%[11]
2015/16 B[12] 23.7%[12]
2014/15 B+[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
99% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
91% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
6% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 100%[15] 93%[15] 1%[15] 4%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 92%[16] 0%[16] 3%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 94%[17] 0%[17] 4%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 93%[18] 1%[18] 3%[18] 1%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
81% 2022/23[19]
Education
83% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
10% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[20] 70%[20] 73%[20] 3%[20] 17%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 80%[21] 83%[21] 2%[21] 8%[21]
2019/20 90%[22] 75%[22] 78%[22] 3%[22] 9%[22]
2018/19 94%[23] 75%[23] 79%[23] 3%[23] 11%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
84% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
47% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
37% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 92%[26] 61%[26]
2019/20 85%[25] 50%[25] 37%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 89%[27] 46%[27] 38%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 83%[28] 41%[28] 35%[28] 2%[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
17 Jan 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
5 Mar 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]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.1 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
838 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
240 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
204 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 771[30] 248[30] 235[30] 3.3[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2024 749[30] 197[30] 235[30] 3.2[30] 0.8[30]
Entry Sept 2023 732[30] 276[30] 204[30] 3.6[30] 1.4[30]
Entry Sept 2022 670[30] 238[30] 205[30] 3.3[30] 1.2[30]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
205 Entry Sept 2027[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1110[1]
Trust
THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Medway[1]
Website
http://www.rochestergrammar.org.uk[1]
District
Medway[32]
Postcode
ME1 3BY[1]
URN
136313[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1171 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
22.6% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
1.5% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
0% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
11.7% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
26.2%[34]
Mixed
8.5%[34]
Asian
17.2%[34]
Black
46%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.5%[34]
Unclassified
0.6%[34]

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.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  31. rochestergrammar.org.uk: rochestergrammar.org.uk — Rgs admissions policy 2027-28 1 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The School's published admission number is 205 for pupils entering Year 7 in 2027. (p. 2)
  32. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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