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Chatham Grammar

Chatham · Mixed (co-educational) · ages 11 to 18

Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 137389)

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Overview

Address: Rainham Road, Chatham, Kent, ME5 7EH
Status: Open
Admits: Mixed (co-educational)
From the school’s admissions policy: Took boys into Year 7 for the first time in September 2026; older year groups are girls only.
Age range: 11 to 18
Number of pupils: 948
Capacity: 976
Eligible for free school meals: 17.4%
Sixth form: Yes
School type: Academy converter
Religious character: None
Trust: THE UNIVERSITY OF KENT ACADEMIES TRUST
Local authority: Medway

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Schools' own admission arrangements (chathamgrammar.org.uk), last checked 2 November 2026

Admissions and the 11+

Admissions policy: Selective (grammar school)
Selection in this area: Fully selective area30% of Year 7 places offered in Medway for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
Entrance test: Medway Test
Qualifying score: minimum score 482 to be assessed suitable for grammar (492 the year before) (2025 entry)
Catchment area: For September 2027 entry there is no catchment area. Children must pass the Medway Test. If there are more applicants than places, priority goes to looked-after children and children with an education, health and care plan naming the school, then brothers or sisters at the school, then children of staff, then children living nearest the school by the shortest safe walking route.
Children from outside the catchment: Yes: For September 2027 entry there is no catchment, so any child who passes the Medway Test can apply; when the school is oversubscribed, places after siblings and staff children go to those living nearest by walking route.

Applications and offers for Year 7

For September 2026 entry, 1,151 applicants named this school (185 as their first choice) for 150 places. 29 of 150 offers went to children living outside Medway.

Applications and offers by September intake
Intake	Places offered	Applicants	First choice	First choices per place	Offers to children outside Medway
Sept 2026	150	1,151	185	1.2	29
Sept 2025	126	695	132	1.0	70
Sept 2024	135	638	136	1.0	53
Sept 2023	148	657	143	1.0	85
Sept 2022	120	591	136	1.1	47

Show all 13 years

Earlier intakes
Intake	Places offered	Applicants	First choice	First choices per place	Offers to children outside Medway
Sept 2021	102	623	116	1.1	45
Sept 2020	95	604	114	1.2	38
Sept 2019	131	549	106	0.8	72
Sept 2018	81	435	85	1.0	25
Sept 2017	144	487	100	0.7	36
Sept 2016	87	442	83	1.0	14
Sept 2015	66	469	103	1.6	3
Sept 2014	75	452	100	1.3	8

"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Medway" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.

Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (medway.gov.uk, chathamgrammar.org.uk), last checked 1 November 2026

Key dates for September 2027 entry

Test registration (Medway Test): 18 May 2026 to 12 June 2026
Test date: 15 September 2026, 16 September 2026, 19 September 2026, 20 September 202615-16 Sep for Medway primary pupils; 19 or 20 Sep for pupils from other schools at allocated centre. Registration opens 9am. Test and results dates from tuition guides, not confirmed on council page.
Results sent to families: 14 October 2026
Apply to your council (September 2027 entry): By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
National offer day: 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
Open days: Not yet available
School opened (current registration): 1 September 2011

Unverified: test dates come from desk research (medium confidence). Confirm them with the council or test organiser. Sources: medway.gov.uk, atomlearning.com.

Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).

Guide to the Medway Test and its schools · How applying works

Source: Test dates research (cited public sources) (medway.gov.uk), last checked 1 November 2026 · Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026

Ofsted inspection

Inspected on 17 October 2023: overall Good. Read the report ↗

Inspection history (5)

17 October 2023: School inspection · report
22 May 2018: Full inspection, Good · report
23 January 2018: Short inspection · report
29 November 2012: Full inspection, Good · report
14 February 2012: Academy conversion letter · report

Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026

Exam results

GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)

GCSE results compared with national averages
Measure	This school	Selective schools in England	All state schools in England
Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90).	60.6	72.1	46.2
Grade 5 or above in English and maths	73.8%	93.7%	46.3%
Grade 7 or above in English and maths	24.1%	57.7%	14.2%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths	93.1%	98.3%	64.8%
Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.	–	–	–

Attainment 8 over time: 60.1 (2023/24) → 61.8 (2024/25) → 60.6 (2025/26).

145 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.

Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026

How to get there

Postcode: ME5 7EH
Map location: 51.37371, 0.54827
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Telephone: 01634851262

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026

Official links and documents

School website: www.chathamgrammar.org.uk
Official register record: Get Information About Schools (URN 137389) ↗
Admissions policy document: Not yet available
Further reading: Wikipedia ↗

Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026

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Data sources: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.; Desk research (cited public sources) (UK School Map), Facts compiled from the public sources linked on each field; Schools' own admission arrangements (Each school (linked on the item)), Facts taken from each school's published admission arrangements, linked on the item; Admissions research (cited public sources) (UK School Map), Facts compiled from the public sources linked on each item; Test dates research (cited public sources) (UK School Map), Facts compiled from the public sources linked on each item

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