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Waterfront UTC[1]

Secondary · ages 14–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 32 31.5 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
31.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
16.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.90 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 30[5] 20%[5]
2023/24 31.6[3] 15.1%[3] -0.90[3]
2022/23 28.6[6] 7%[6] -1.33[6]
2021/22 34[7] 17%[7] -1.05[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
E+ 2024/25[8]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[9]
School sixth form
50% 2022/23[9]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[9]
Further education college
19% 2022/23[9]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[9]
Employment
9% 2022/23[9]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[10] 44%[10] 0%[10] 28%[10] 6%[10] 7%[10]
2020/21 92%[11] 54%[11] 0%[11] 18%[11] 2%[11] 18%[11]
2019/20 89%[12] 41%[12] 0%[12] 35%[12] 2%[12] 11%[12]
2018/19 92%[13] 37%[13] 0%[13] 37%[13] 13%[13] 5%[13]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[14]
UK higher education
17% 2022/23[14]
Education
17% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
30% 2022/23[14]
Employment
35% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[15] 26%[15] 26%[15] 30%[15] 30%[15]
2020/21 86%[16] 52%[16] 52%[16] 10%[16] 24%[16]
2019/20 79%[17] 32%[17] 32%[17] 21%[17] 26%[17]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
29% 2021/22[18]
Top third of most selective universities
0% 2021/22[18]
Russell Group universities
0% 2019/20[19]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 50%[20] 5%[20]
2019/20 42%[19] 0%[19] 0%[19] 0%[19]

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
10 Jan 2023[21]
Type
S5 Inspection[21]
Report published
1 Mar 2023[21]
Personal development
Good[21]
Quality of education
Good[21]
Overall effectiveness
Good[21]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[21]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[21]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[21]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[21]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
University technical college[1]
Ages
14–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Capacity
250[1]
Trust
THE HOWARD ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Medway[1]
Website
www.waterfront-that.org.uk[1]
District
Medway[22]
Postcode
ME4 4FQ[1]
URN
146648[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
362 2024/25[23]
English as an additional language
9.1% 2024/25[23]
SEN support
31.2% 2024/25[23]
EHC plan
1.1% 2024/25[23]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
37% 2024/25[23]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
80.6%[24]
Mixed
5.5%[24]
Asian
2.9%[24]
Black
8.9%[24]
Any other ethnic group
1%[24]
Unclassified
1%[24]

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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    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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  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  22. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  23. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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