Medway Secondary Schools & Academies T-Y

Updated February 2021.

You will find an initial article on 2020 allocations here, an article on 2020 oversubscription data for Medway 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 2020 Appeals Outcomes here. For Attainment 8 and Progress 8 and further information on the performance of all Medway schools with 2019 GCSE scores go to here for explanation. In the Individual performance table, under KS5 Progress heading for 2019, you will find a figure like this: -0.37(BA,104,D+, 60). This tells you that the school has a Progress performance level at A Level, of -0,37, which is Below Average, 104 students took at least one A Level with an average Grade of D+, with 60 students taking three A Levels.

Thomas Aveling School, Rochester. Became an Academy September 2011. Heavily oversubscribed each year. Shared Lead School of the Fort Pitt Thomas Aveling (FPTA) Academies Trust, with lead CEO. Academically, consistently in top two schools (along with Rainham Girls) in GCSE performance.

INITIAL ALLOCATIONS
	PAN	1st preferences	1st preferences not offered
2016	190	206	33
2017	190	226	58
2018	190	233	70
2019	190	240	72
2020	220	244	56

APPEALS FOR SCHOOL PLACES
	Appeals Heard	Upheld
2016	15	6
2017	36	6
2018	34	9
2019	48	8
2020	17	5

Appeals organised by Independent Appeal Administrator.

PERFORMANCE DATA
	Prog 8	Attain 8	Level 5 Eng & Maths	KS5 Progress Score
2016	0.46	49.3
2017	-0.02(A)	40.8	22%
2018	0.31(AA)	42.7	23%	-0.06(A)
2019	0.33(AA)	44.9	30%	-0.19(BA,78,C-,36)

THOMAS AVELING OFSTED RECORD
	Inspection Type	Outcome
Jun 2016	Full	Good
Jan 2012	Full	Good

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Victory Academy, Chatham. Now in purpose built premises. Its history through to Easter 2015 was very troubled but following the failure of the original academy 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 2017 and respectable GCSEs, including by some way the best non-selective Progress 8 in Medway in 2017 and in the top half since. Has close link with Holcombe Grammar sometimes sharing joint headteacher, which has led to several failed controversial initiatives, most recently here.

INITIAL ALLOCATIONS
	PAN	1st preferences	Vacant places	Local Authority Allocations
2016	240	101	110	6
2017	240	113	72	30
2018	240	151	4	41
2019	240	152	0	18
2020	240	181	0	11

2014 - 2020 no appeals for school admission

PERFORMANCE DATA
	Prog 8	Attain 8	Level 5 Eng & Maths	KS5 Progress Score
2016	-0.22	39.5
2017	0.34 (AA)	38.6	35%
2018	-0.24(A)	33.3	20%	-0.06(A)
2019	-0.12(A)	35.8	25%	-0.53(BA,36,D+,29)

* In brackets for 2019 - Level Achieved (Below Average), Number taking one A Level, 3 A Levels

VICTORY OFSTED RECORD
	Inspection Type	Outcome
Sep 2017	Full	Good
Dec 2015	Monitoring	Effective Action
Jun 2015	Full	Requires Improvement
Oct 2013	Monitoring	Effective Action
Jun 2013	Full	Requires Improvement

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Walderslade Girls' School, Chatham. Became academy Nov 2011. 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 Greenacre. Popularity is at an all time low for 2020, although the Good Ofsted, December 2019 suggests improvements are on the way.

INITIAL ALLOCATIONS
	PAN	1st preferences	1st preferences not offered	Vacant places	LAAS
2016	160	134	0	7	0
2017	180	149	0	5	0
2018	180	112	0	23	4
2019	180	108	0	15	24
2020	180	93	0	37	20

2014 - 2020 no appeals for school admission

PERFORMANCE DATA
	Prog 8	Attain 8	Level 5 Eng & Maths	KS5 Progress
2016	-0.41	45.3
2017	-0.36(BA)	35.6	18%
2018	-0.28(BA)	39	27%	-0.30(BA)
2019	-0.34(BA)	37.2	23%	-0.12(A,37,C-,6)

Is regularly towards the foot of Medway GCSE tables for GCSE performance.

WALDERSLADE GIRLS OFSTED RECORD
	Inspection Type	Outcome
Dec 2019	Full	Good
Sep 2017	Full	Requires Improvement
Mar 2014	Full	Good

Waterfront UTC

Previously the failed Medway UTC. Was re-brokered to the Howard Academy Trust April 2019 and we must hope they can turn it around. UTCs cater for students in Years 10-11, but because of the previous failures, the Howard Trust planned to turn it by stages into an 11-18 school, beginning with Year 9 in September 2019, where it has remained at present, although there is no logic to transfer in the middle of Key Stage Three. Possibly doing so to be viable in terms of numbers. The other local UTC, Leigh in Dartford has thrown in the towel and has transferred completely to 11-18.

The Medway UTC opened in September 2015 in £12 million purpose built premises, sponsored by local businesses, Higher Education Institutions and Medway Council. You will find two articles detailing its subsequent appalling failure under a 'professional' Board of Directors and school leaders. The first, looking at it being placed in Special Measures is here, and the second explaining how and why it was taken away from the original sponsors and passed over to the Howard Trust is here.

Unsurprisingly it has never caught on with local students and only a third of its 150 places have usually been taken up. The Sixth Form is no more popular, as can be seen from the following census outcomes.