England · Grammar school
Rainham Mark Grammar School
Rainham, Gillingham · Mixed (co-educational) · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136864)
Overview
- Address
- Pump Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 7AJ
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Mixed (co-educational)
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,568
- Capacity
- 1,242
- Eligible for free school meals
- 10.9%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- ALETHEIA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Local authority
- Medway
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (financial-benchmarking-and-insights-tool.education.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 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 2026 entry there is no catchment area. Children must pass the Medway Test. Priority: children in care, children receiving free school meals (supplementary form needed), siblings, health and special access reasons, children of staff, then children living nearest.
- Children from outside the catchment
- Yes: For September 2026 entry there is no catchment; remaining places go to qualifying children living nearest the school.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 947 applicants named this school (281 as their first choice) for 233 places. 6 of 233 offers went to children living outside Medway.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Medway |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 233 | 947 | 281 | 1.2 | 6 |
| Sept 2025 | 232 | 1,041 | 305 | 1.3 | 11 |
| Sept 2024 | 235 | 834 | 257 | 1.1 | 4 |
| Sept 2023 | 235 | 894 | 303 | 1.3 | 5 |
| Sept 2022 | 234 | 847 | 309 | 1.3 | 3 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Medway |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 234 | 924 | 340 | 1.5 | 7 |
| Sept 2020 | 235 | 851 | 293 | 1.2 | 7 |
| Sept 2019 | 233 | 758 | 295 | 1.3 | 11 |
| Sept 2018 | 235 | 781 | 315 | 1.3 | 6 |
| Sept 2017 | 206 | 666 | 273 | 1.3 | 23 |
| Sept 2016 | 205 | 640 | 238 | 1.2 | 23 |
| Sept 2015 | 205 | 650 | 264 | 1.3 | 16 |
| Sept 2014 | 204 | 594 | 254 | 1.2 | 21 |
"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, rainhammark.com), 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 July 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 24 May 2022: overall Good. Read the report ↗
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Inspection history (5)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| 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). | 63.1 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 88.9% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 32.3% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 97.9% | 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: 63.4 (2023/24) → 62.7 (2024/25) → 63.1 (2025/26).
235 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
- ME8 7AJ
- Map location
- 51.37108, 0.5951
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01634364151
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- rainhammark.com
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 136864) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026