Medway Secondary Schools & Academies T-Y

Updated April 2019

You will find an Initial article on 2019 allocations here. You will find an article on 2018 oversubscription data for grammar schools here, and for non-selective schools here. For Grammar School Preferences, only grammar qualified are counted. The PAN is the Published Admission Number and refers to the number of places available in the year group for each school. If additional places were offered, I have recorded this under PAN.

A Report on 2018 Appeals Outcomes here. For Attainment 8 and Progress 8 and further information on the performance of all Medway schools with 2018 GCSE scores go to here, A Level here. Individual School GCSEs here and A Level here.

The PAN is the Published Admission Number and refers to the number of places available in the year group for each school.

Thomas Aveling School, Rochester. Heavily oversubscribed. Appeals organised by Independent Appeal Administrator. OFSTED June 2016 - Good. Part of the Fort Pitt Thomas Aveling (FPTA) Academies Trust, with lead CEO. Academically, consistently in top two schools (with Rainham Girls) in GCSE performance.

INITIAL ALLOCATIONS
	PAN	1st preferences	1st preferences not offered
2014	190	187	28
2015	190	237	61
2016	190	206	33
2017	190	226	58
2018	190	233	70
2019	190	240	72

APPEALS FOR SCHOOL PLACES
	Appeals Heard	Upheld
2014	13	4
2015	33	7
2016	15	6
2017	36	6
2018	34	9

PERFORMANCE DATA
	Progress 8	Attainment 8	% 5A*-C (inc Eng and Maths)	KS5 Progress Score
2014	n/a	n/a	53
2015	n/a	n/a	59
2016	0.46	49.3	% Grade 5 & above Eng and Maths
2017	-0.02(A)	40.8	22%
2018	0.31(AA)	42.7	23%	-0.06(A)

Victory Academy, Chatham. Now in purpose built premises. Its history through to Easter 2015 was very troubled but following the failure of original sponsor The Diocese of Rochester, it was taken over by the Thinking Schools Academy Trust which runs six other Medway schools. Unpopular with parents under previous control it has struggled to build up numbers in spite of Good Ofsted in September 21017, up from Requires Improvement, and respectable GCSEs, including by some way the best non-selective Progress 8 in Medway in 2017. Has close link with Holcombe Grammar, which has led to several failed controversial initiatives, most recently here.

INITIAL ALLOCATIONS
	PAN	1st preferences	Vacant places	Local Authority Allocations
2014	240	97	94	26
2015	240	82	71	58
2016	240	101	110	6
2017	240	113	72	30
2018	240	151	4	41
2019	240	152	0	18

Strangely, Medway Council data shows that although there were 18 allocations bring the number of offers up to 240, the school PAN, two first choices were turned away, which should not happen.

2014 - 2018 no appeals for school admission

PERFORMANCE DATA
	Progress 8	Attainment 8	% 5A*-C (inc Eng and Maths)	KS5 Progress Score
2014	n/a	n/a	31
2015	n/a	n/a	38
2016	-0.22	39.5	% Grade 5 & above Eng and Maths
2017	0.34 (AA)	38.6	35%
2018	-0.24(A)	33.3	20%	-0.06(A)

Walderslade Girls' School, Chatham. Academy. On the slide with OFSTED Sep 2017 -Requires Improvement down from Good, saw standards and popularity fall and headteacher depart in advance of Inspection. Paid the price and lost independence Summer 2018, becoming part of Greenacre Academy Trust. Sixth form is a partnership with the neighbouring Greenacre Academy.

INITIAL ALLOCATIONS
	PAN	1st preferences	1st preferences not offered	Vacant places	LAAS
2014	160	157	22	0	0
2015	160	143	10	0	0
2016	160	134	0	7	0
2017	180	149	0	5	0
2018	180	112	0	23	4
2019	180	108	0	15	24

2014 - 2017 no appeals for school admission

PERFORMANCE DATA
	Progress 8	Attainment 8	% 5A*-C (inc Eng and Maths)	KS5 Progress
2014	n/a	n/a	46
2015	n/a	n/a	42
2016	-0.41	45.3	% Grade 5 & above Eng and Maths
2017	-0.36(BA)	35.6	18%
2018	-0.28(BA)	39	27%	-0.30(BA)