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Fort Pitt Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 63 63.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
63 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
79.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
24.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.64 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 65.9[6] 85%[6]
2023/24 66.5[4] 86.6%[4] +0.64[4]
2022/23 63.3[7] 84%[7] +0.54[7]
2021/22 66.8[8] 88%[8] +0.56[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
11.1% 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 B-[10] 10%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 8.2%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 10.8%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 3.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
76% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
17% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 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 96%[15] 79%[15] 1%[15] 11%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 98%[16] 85%[16] 1%[16] 11%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 85%[17] 0%[17] 11%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 84%[18] 0%[18] 10%[18] 2%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[19]
Education
61% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
26% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[20] 64%[20] 6%[20] 23%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 68%[21] 6%[21] 18%[21]
2019/20 92%[22] 72%[22] 4%[22] 16%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 57%[23] 8%[23] 23%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
77% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
19% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
21% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 76%[26] 28%[26]
2019/20 79%[25] 23%[25] 21%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 72%[27] 14%[27] 13%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 71%[28] 13%[28] 15%[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
4 Oct 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
15 Nov 2022[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Requires improvement[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
7.6 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
1139 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
238 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
149 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 669[30] 198[30] 150[30] 4.5[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2024 707[30] 235[30] 150[30] 4.7[30] 1.6[30]
Entry Sept 2023 577[30] 168[30] 150[30] 3.8[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2022 526[30] 145[30] 144[30] 3.7[30] 1.0[30]

Priority areas

Children residing within 2 miles of the school
Within 3.2 km (2 miles) · Children living within 2 miles of the school are given priority. Entry Sept 2026[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
150 Entry Sept 2026[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
1027[1]
Trust
BEYOND SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority
Medway[1]
Website
http://www.fortpitt.co.uk[1]
District
Medway[32]
Postcode
ME4 6TJ[1]
URN
136337[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
987 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
15.2% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
2.7% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
0% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
14.9% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
70.4%[34]
Mixed
7%[34]
Asian
8.3%[34]
Black
13.3%[34]
Any other ethnic group
0.7%[34]
Unclassified
0.3%[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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  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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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  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.
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  31. fortpitt.co.uk: fortpitt.co.uk document (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    4. Children residing within 2 miles of the school This is measured by the Medway Council Geographical Information System. (p. 2)
    Oversubscription Criteria - Year 7 only Where applications for admission of eligible children exceed the pupil admission number of 150, the following criteria will be applied in the order set out below, to decide which children who satisfied the selection requirements should be offered places: (p. 2)
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