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Rainham Mark Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 63 63.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
63.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
88.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
32.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.28 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 62.7[6] 87.3%[6]
2023/24 63.4[4] 91.9%[4] +0.28[4]
2022/23 62.6[7] 87%[7] +0.28[7]
2021/22 67.4[8] 89%[8] +0.42[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
15.4% 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] 19.8%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 17%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 24.8%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 23%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
83% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2021/22[15]
Further education college
10% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 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 98%[15] 83%[15] 0%[15] 8%[15] 3%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 85%[16] 0%[16] 8%[16] 2%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 83%[17] 0%[17] 12%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 98%[18] 87%[18] 0%[18] 8%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[19]
Education
63% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
11% 2022/23[19]
Employment
17% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[20] 61%[20] 10%[20] 20%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 68%[21] 3%[21] 19%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 63%[22] 7%[22] 17%[22]
2018/19 95%[23] 68%[23] 6%[23] 20%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
69% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
30% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
21% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
3% 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 82%[26] 39%[26]
2019/20 67%[25] 26%[25] 21%[25] 3%[25]
2018/19 77%[27] 28%[27] 22%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 69%[28] 19%[28] 17%[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
24 May 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
12 Jul 2022[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)
947 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
281 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
233 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 1041[30] 305[30] 232[30] 4.5[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2024 834[30] 257[30] 235[30] 3.5[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2023 894[30] 303[30] 235[30] 3.8[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2022 847[30] 309[30] 234[30] 3.6[30] 1.3[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1242[1]
Trust
ALETHEIA ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Medway[1]
Website
http://rainhammark.com/[1]
District
Medway[31]
Postcode
ME8 7AJ[1]
URN
136864[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1551 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
9.7% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
5.2% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
0.1% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
10.5% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
66.5%[33]
Mixed
9.7%[33]
Asian
11.6%[33]
Black
10.8%[33]
Any other ethnic group
1%[33]
Unclassified
0.4%[33]

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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