Best Secondary Schools in Medway

We checked all 22 secondary schools in Medway and list every one: 18 ranked, then 4 without a rank.

Schools checked
22
Ranked
18
Without a rank
4

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score across Medway, and each school's town is shown. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Medway also has 77 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Medway. Medway also has rankings for Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester.

Ranked secondary schools in Medway

  1. 1

    Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School

    Rochester, Academy, Selective, 1,555 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    69.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    93.5%

  2. 2

    Fort Pitt Grammar School

    Chatham, Academy, Selective, 1,009 pupils, inspected October 2022

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    65.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    85%

  3. 3

    The Rochester Grammar School

    Rochester, Academy, Selective, 1,206 pupils, inspected January 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    68.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    92.4%

  4. 4

    Rainham Mark Grammar School

    Gillingham, Academy, Selective, 1,568 pupils, inspected May 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    62.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    87.3%

  5. 5

    Holcombe Grammar School

    Chatham, Academy, Selective, 1,060 pupils, inspected September 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    62.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    84.7%

  6. 6

    Chatham Grammar

    Chatham, Academy, Selective, 948 pupils, inspected May 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    61.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    75.5%

  7. 7

    The Howard School

    Gillingham, Academy, 1,471 pupils, inspected February 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to exceptional
    Attainment 8
    45.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    33%

  8. 8

    Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo

    Rochester, Academy, 1,829 pupils, inspected July 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    43.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    39.4%

  9. 9

    Rainham School for Girls

    Gillingham, Academy, 1,622 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Attainment 8
    44.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    29.5%

  10. 10

    Leigh Academy Strood

    Rochester, Academy, 1,311 pupils, inspected June 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Attainment 8
    41.2
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    23.1%

  11. 11

    The Thomas Aveling School

    Rochester, Academy, 1,201 pupils, inspected June 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    41.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    25.8%

  12. 12

    Brompton Academy

    Gillingham, Academy, 1,399 pupils, inspected November 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Attainment 8
    38.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    24.7%

  13. 13

    The Victory Academy

    Chatham, Academy, 1,213 pupils, inspected February 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    35.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    22.4%

  14. 14

    St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School

    Rochester, Local authority maintained, 1,084 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Attainment 8
    40.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    32.4%

  15. 15

    Waterfront UTC

    Chatham, Free school, 381 pupils, inspected January 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    30.0
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    20%

  16. 16

    The Robert Napier School

    Gillingham, Academy, 1,048 pupils, inspected September 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement
    Attainment 8
    32.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    16.2%

  17. 17

    Greenacre School

    Chatham, Academy, 747 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Inadequate
    Attainment 8
    29.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    17.4%

  18. 18

    Walderslade School

    Chatham, Academy, 697 pupils, inspected February 2023

    Ofsted: Inadequate
    Attainment 8
    29.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    11.4%

Secondary schools in Medway without a rank