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Chatham Grammar[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 61 60.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
60.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
73.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
24.1% 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 61.8[6] 75.5%[6]
2023/24 60.1[4] 78.2%[4] +0.36[4]
2022/23 59.5[7] 79%[7] +0.34[7]
2021/22 64.3[8] 85%[8] +0.54[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
5.1% 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 C+[10] 15.5%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 4.5%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 4.3%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 3.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
99% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
77% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
15% 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 97%[15] 86%[15] 1%[15] 8%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 85%[16] 0%[16] 9%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 93%[17] 0%[17] 6%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 85%[18] 0%[18] 10%[18] 0%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
Education
68% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
17% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[20] 62%[20] 5%[20] 27%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 61%[21] 9%[21] 23%[21]
2019/20 92%[22] 71%[22] 6%[22] 14%[22]
2018/19 91%[23] 65%[23] 6%[23] 20%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
70% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
7% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
7% 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 75%[26] 17%[26]
2019/20 75%[25] 5%[25] 7%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 68%[27] 8%[27] 8%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 77%[28] 2%[28] 2%[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 Oct 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
4 Dec 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
22 May 2018[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]
23 Jan 2018[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
7.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
1151 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
185 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
150 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 695[31] 132[31] 126[31] 5.5[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2024 638[31] 136[31] 135[31] 4.7[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2023 657[31] 143[31] 148[31] 4.4[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022 591[31] 136[31] 120[31] 4.9[31] 1.1[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
150 Entry Sept 2027[32]

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
976[1]
Trust
THE UNIVERSITY OF KENT ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Medway[1]
Website
http://www.chathamgrammar.org.uk[1]
District
Medway[33]
Postcode
ME5 7EH[1]
URN
137389[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
950 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
21.1% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
5.4% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
0.1% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
17% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
40.3%[35]
Mixed
7.2%[35]
Asian
10.5%[35]
Black
40.2%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.8%[35]
Unclassified
0.9%[35]

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.
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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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  32. chathamgrammar.org.uk: chathamgrammar.org.uk — CG Admissions Policy 2027 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The Planned Admission Number (PAN) is 150. (p. 2)
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