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The Robert Napier School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 30 30.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D D 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
30.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
11% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
1.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-1.00 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 32.5[6] 16.2%[6]
2023/24 27.9[4] 8%[4] -1.00[4]
2022/23 31.2[7] 11%[7] -0.69[7]
2021/22 32.1[8] 15%[8] -1.17[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D 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 D-[10] 0%[10]
2022/23 D[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 D+[12] 0%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
32% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
49% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 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 88%[15] 27%[15] 0%[15] 53%[15] 1%[15] 6%[15]
2020/21 88%[16] 45%[16] 0%[16] 40%[16] 2%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 89%[17] 42%[17] 1%[17] 40%[17] 1%[17] 4%[17]
2018/19 83%[18] 31%[18] 1%[18] 47%[18] 2%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
80% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
35% 2022/23[19]
Education
38% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
38% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 71%[20] 44%[20] 46%[20] 2%[20] 23%[20]
2020/21 81%[21] 49%[21] 53%[21] 2%[21] 26%[21]
2019/20 80%[22] 53%[22] 59%[22] 6%[22] 14%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 36%[23] 62%[23] 4%[23] 22%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
52% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
2% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
3% 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 58%[26] 2%[26]
2019/20 69%[25] 3%[25] 3%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 59%[27] 7%[27] 7%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 51%[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
24 Sep 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
10 Nov 2024[29]
Personal development
Requires improvement[29]
Quality of education
Requires improvement[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Requires improvement[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Requires improvement[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
30 Jan 2019[30] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2[30] Good[30]
15 Sep 2016[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Requires improvement[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
375 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
86 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
202 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.4 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 452[32] 122[32] 208[32] 2.2[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2024 488[32] 103[32] 209[32] 2.3[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2023 396[32] 109[32] 176[32] 2.3[32] 0.6[32]
Entry Sept 2022 424[32] 134[32] 188[32] 2.3[32] 0.7[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1080[1]
Trust
BEYOND SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority
Medway[1]
Website
http://www.robertnapier.org.uk/[1]
District
Medway[33]
Postcode
ME7 2LX[1]
URN
138511[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1011 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
18.3% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
23.2% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
2.3% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
50.4% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
70.8%[35]
Mixed
7.3%[35]
Asian
5.2%[35]
Black
13%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2.7%[35]
Unclassified
1.1%[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

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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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