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The Thomas Aveling School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 39 38.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
38.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
22.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
3.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.16 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 41.3[6] 25.8%[6]
2023/24 42.9[4] 26.8%[4] +0.16[4]
2022/23 43.8[7] 40%[7] +0.27[7]
2021/22 43.6[8] 35%[8] -0.02[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 C-[10] 0%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 7.7%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 0%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 2.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
53% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
28% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 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 90%[15] 48%[15] 0%[15] 35%[15] 3%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 45%[16] 0%[16] 39%[16] 4%[16] 5%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 58%[17] 0%[17] 31%[17] 1%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 54%[18] 0%[18] 36%[18] 4%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
76% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
39% 2022/23[19]
Education
39% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
8% 2022/23[19]
Employment
29% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 42%[20] 45%[20] 9%[20] 35%[20]
2020/21 82%[21] 47%[21] 50%[21] 7%[21] 24%[21]
2019/20 83%[22] 55%[22] 58%[22] 6%[22] 19%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 54%[23] 62%[23] 7%[23] 19%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
47% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
2% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
2% 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] 6%[26]
2019/20 60%[25] 7%[25] 2%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 71%[27] 4%[27] 3%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 49%[28] 1%[28] 1%[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
13 Sep 2022[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
6 Oct 2022[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
Date not published[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
683 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
233 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
204 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 785[31] 275[31] 212[31] 3.7[31] 1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2024 797[31] 263[31] 185[31] 4.3[31] 1.4[31]
Entry Sept 2023 700[31] 257[31] 187[31] 3.7[31] 1.4[31]
Entry Sept 2022 719[31] 318[31] 187[31] 3.8[31] 1.7[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1204[1]
Trust
BEYOND SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority
Medway[1]
Website
http://www.thomasaveling.co.uk[1]
District
Medway[32]
Postcode
ME1 2UW[1]
URN
137376[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1212 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
12.6% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
17.2% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
3.6% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
33.4% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
77.4%[34]
Mixed
7.7%[34]
Asian
6.8%[34]
Black
5.7%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.3%[34]
Unclassified
1%[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

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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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    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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