Best Secondary Schools in Rochester

We checked all 10 secondary schools in Rochester, Medway, and list every one: 6 ranked, then 4 without a rank.

Schools checked
10
Ranked
6
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 in Rochester. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Rochester also has 35 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 all of Medway.

Ranked secondary schools in Rochester

  1. 1

    Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School

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

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

  2. 2

    The Rochester Grammar School

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

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

  3. 3

    Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo

    Academy, 1,829 pupils, inspected July 2018

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

  4. 4

    Leigh Academy Strood

    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%

  5. 5

    The Thomas Aveling School

    Academy, 1,201 pupils, inspected June 2016

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

  6. 6

    St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School

    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%

Secondary schools in Rochester without a rank