Last Updated June 2018
Medway Secondary School Allocations March 2018
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Medway Pupils | 2018** |
2017** |
2016** | 2015 | ||||
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Offered a first preference |
2580 |
79.4% | 2505 | 78.9% | 2536 | 84.3% | 2499 | 80.7% |
Offered a second preference | 381 | 11.7% | 371 | 11.7% | 283 | 9.4% | ||
Offered a third preference | 91 | 2.8% | 115 | 3.6% | 71 | 2.3%% | ||
Offered a place at one of their six choices | 3117 | 95.6% | 3029 | 95.4% | 2931 | 97.4% | 2940 | 95% |
Allocated a place by Medway Council | 142 | 4.4% | 145 | 4.6% | 77 | 2.6% | 155 | 5.0% |
Total number of Medway
children offered places
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3259 | 3174 | 3008 | 3095 |
Medway Test and Review Outcomes 2017 | ||||||
Cohort |
Passed
Test
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Passed
Test %
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Entered
Review
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Passed
Review
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Passed
Review %
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Medway | 3286 | 756 | 23.01 | 161 | 12 | 0.37 |
Medway Private | 71 | |
10 | 0 |
0 | |
Outside Medway | 659 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
Medway Test Outcomes 2017
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Boys | Girls | Total | |
Medway
Pupils
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1649 | 1632 | 3281 |
Entered
Test
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857 | 928 | 1785 |
Passed
Test
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381 | 375 | 756 |
% Pass
Rate
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23.1% | 23.0% | 23.0% |
% Pass
Rate 2016
(before Review)
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21.0% | 25.2% | 23.1% |
For further details, go to here.
Allocations to Medway Grammar Schools March 2017 | |||||
Grammar School |
Initial
PAN
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Final
PAN
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Offers |
1st Choices
Turned Away
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London
Boroughs
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Chatham Girls | 142 | 150 | 144 | 0 | 15 |
Fort Pitt | 120 | 120 | 120 | 33 | 0 |
Holcombe | 120 | 128 | 128 | 0 | 17 |
Rainham Mark | 205 | 205 | 205 | 62 | 4 |
Sir Joseph
Williamson's
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180 | 204 | 204 | 42 | 0 |
Rochester | 175 | 205 | 205 | 87 | 30 |
TOTALS | 942 | 1012 | 1006 | 261 | 66 |
For further details about grammar schools, go to here; for non-selective schools, here.
Medway Secondary School Allocations March 2016
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Medway Pupils | 2016* | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Offered a first preference | 2536 | 84.3% | 2499 | 80.7% | 2423 | 81.2% | 2425 | 86.0% |
Offered a second preference | 283 | 9.4% | ||||||
Offered a place at one of their top
three choices
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2890 | 96.1% | 2813 | 94.3% | 2678 | 95.0% | ||
Offered a place at one of their six choices | 2931 | 97.4% | 2940 | 95% | 2865 | 96.0% | 2730 | 96.8% |
Allocated a place by Medway Council | 77 | 2.6% | 155 | 5.0% | 120 | 4.0% | 90 | 3.2% |
Total number of Medway
children offered places
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3008 | 3095 | 2984 | 2820 |
Medway School Appeal Outcomes 2016 | ||||||
2016 | 2015 | 2014 | ||||
Appeals Held | Number | % Upheld | Number | % Upheld | Number | % Upheld |
Medway Non-Selective | 178 | 34% | 122 | 24% | ||
Medway Grammar | 300 | 31% | 245 | 40% | 226 | 47% |
Medway Primary (Breach) | 70 | 3% | 63 | 1.6% | 65 | 0% |
MEDWAY TEST RESULTS 2015 |
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Children in Cohort |
Candidates |
Successes |
% successes |
% of cohort |
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MEDWAY STATE SCHOOL CHILDREN AUTOMATIC PASSES AUTUMN 2015 |
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boys |
1528 | 766 | 293 | 38.3% | 19.2% |
girls | 1538 | 887 | 343 | 38.7% | 22.3% |
TOTAL |
3066 |
1653 |
636 | 38.5% | 20.7% |
MEDWAY PRIVATE SCHOOL CHILDREN AUTOMATIC PASSES AUTUMN 2015 |
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boys | 0 | 38 | 31 | 81.5% | |
girls | 0 | 41 | 29 | 64.4% | |
TOTAL | 79 | 60 | 75.9% | ||
MEDWAY SCHOOL CHILDREN AUTOMATIC PASSES AUTUMN 2015 | |||||
boys | 1528 | 804 | 324 | 40.3% | 21.2% |
girls | 1538 | 928 | 372 | 40.1% | 24.2% |
TOTAL | 3066 | 1732 | 696 | 40.2% | 22.7% |
ADJUSTED MEDWAY SCHOOL CHILDREN AUTOMATIC PASSES AUTUMN 2015 | |||||
boys | 1566 | 804 | 324 | 20.7% | |
girls | 1579 | 928 | 372 | 23.6% | |
TOTAL | 3145 | 1732 | 696 | 22.1% | |
REVIEWS FOR MEDWAY STATE SCHOOL CHILDREN AUTUMN 2015 |
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boys |
1528 | 71 | 8 | 11.3% | 0.5% |
girls |
1538 | 75 | 21 | 28.0% | 1.4% |
TOTAL |
3066 | 146 | 30 | 20.5% | 1.0% |
MEDWAY STATE SCHOOL CHILDREN TOTAL PASSES AUTUMN 2015 | |||||
boys | 1528 | 766 | 301 | 19.7% | |
girls | 1538 | 887 | 365 | 23.7% | |
TOTAL | 3066 | 1653 | 666 | 21.7% | |
TOTAL MEDWAY PASSES AUTUMN 2015 |
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boys |
1528 |
804 | 332 | 41.3% | 21.7% |
girls |
1538 |
928 |
394 | 42.5% | 25.6% |
TOTAL |
3066 |
1732 | 726 | 41.9% | 23.7% |
ADJUSTED TOTAL MEDWAY PASSES AUTUMN 2015 | |||||
boys | 1566 | 804 | 332 | 21.2% | |
girls | 1579 | 928 | 394 | 25.0% | |
TOTAL | 3145 | 1732 | 726 | 23.1% |
Entrance to Medway Secondary Schools September 2015
Medway Secondary School Allocations March 2015
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Medway Pupils | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | |||
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | % | |
Offered a first preference | 2499 | 80.7% | 2423 | 81.2% | 2425 | 86.0% | 86.7% |
Offered a place at one of their top
three choices
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2813 | 94.3% | 2678 | 95.0% | 97.7% | ||
Offered a place at one of their six choices | 2940 | 95% | 2865 | 96.0% | 2730 | 96.8% | 98.6% |
Allocated a place by Medway Council | 155 | 5.0% | 120 | 4.0% | 90 | 3.2% | 1.4% |
Total number of Medway
children offered places
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3095 | 2984 | 2820 | 2949 |
Medway School Appeal Outcomes 2015 | ||||
2015 | 2014 | |||
Appeals Held | Number | % Upheld | Number | % Upheld |
Medway Non-Selective | 178 | 34% | 122 | 24% |
Medway Grammar | 245 | 40% | 226 | 47% |
Medway Primary | 63 | 1.6% | 65 | 0% |
MEDWAY TEST RESULTS 2014 |
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Children in Cohort |
Candidates |
Successes |
% successes |
% of cohort |
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MEDWAY CHILDREN AUTOMATIC PASSES AUTUMN 2014 |
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boys |
1524 |
856 |
321 |
38 |
21.1% |
girls |
1568 |
987 |
397 |
40 |
25.3% |
TOTAL |
3092 |
1843 |
718 |
39 |
23.2% |
REVIEWS FOR MEDWAY CHILDREN AUTUMN 2014 |
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boys |
101 |
17 |
17% |
1.1% |
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girls |
138 |
19 |
14% |
1.2% |
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TOTAL |
239 |
36 |
15% |
1.2% |
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TOTAL MEDWAY PASSES AUTUMN 2014 |
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boys |
1524 |
856 |
338 |
39 |
22.2% |
girls |
1568 |
987 |
416 |
42 |
26.5% |
TOTAL |
3092 |
1843 |
754 |
41 |
24.4% |
TOTAL FROM OUTSIDE MEDWAYAUTUMN 2014 |
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boys |
287 |
156 |
54 |
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girls |
286 |
165 |
58 |
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TOTAL |
573 |
321 |
56 |
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Entrance to Medway Secondary Schools September 2014
Outcomes of the 2013 Medway Test | |||||
Children in Cohort | Candidates | Successes | % successes | % of cohort | |
MEDWAY AUTOMATIC PASSES | |||||
boys | 1460 | 871 | 331 | 38 | 22.7 |
girls | 1502 | 971 | 356 | 37 | 23.7 |
TOTAL | 2962 | 1842 | 687 | 37 | 23.2 |
MEDWAY REVIEW PASSES | boys | 87 | 21 | 24 | 1.2% |
girls | 145 | 38 | 26 | 2.5% | |
TOTAL | 232 | 59 | 25 | 2.0% | |
MEDWAY TOTAL PASSES | boys | 871 | 352 | 40 | 24.1 |
girls | 971 | 394 | 41 | 26.2 | |
TOTAL | 1842 | 746 | 40 | 25.2 | |
OUTSIDE MEDWAY
AUTOMATIC PASSES
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boys | 239 | 132 | 55 | |
girls | 276 | 163 | 59 | ||
TOTAL | 515 | 295 | 57 | ||
OUTSIDE MEDWAY
REVIEW PASSES
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boys | 16 | 1 | 6 | |
girls | 24 | 3 | 13 | ||
TOTAL | 40 | 4 | 10 | ||
OUTSIDE MEDWAY
TOTAL PASSES
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boys | 239 | 133 | 56 | |
girls | 276 | 166 | 60 | ||
TOTAL | 515 | 299 | 58 |
Medway Test 2013 Entry
Unusually, Medway Council has not reached its target of 25% of the Medway cohort passing the Medway Test, automatic passes being 22.3% against a target of 23%, and Review successes being 1.4% against a target of 2%. This means that a possible 38 additional children could have been offered places and the Council still kept to the 25% planned for, the council presumably arguing that there were insufficient children with the required ability applying for grammar school places. With this outcome and numbers continuing to fall, it is not surprising that the two Chatham Grammar Schools have introduced an additional way of qualifying for entry.
Currently in Medway there are 916 grammar school places available for next year's Year Seven entry (including the additional 30 places at Rainhma Mark Grammar School), with just 694 qualified Medway children to fill them. Last year at allocation on 1st March there were some 100 vacant spaces in Medway grammar schools, so normally I would forecast more for the coming year.
The full table is as follows,"Children in cohort" being the number of Year 6 children in Medway, this figure being used as the base for the percentages quoted.
Children in Cohort | Candidates | Successes | % successes | % of cohort | |
MEDWAY AUTOMATIC PASSES | 2926 | 1657 | 653 | 39 | 22.3 |
boys | 758 | 278 | 37 | ||
girls | 899 | 375 | 42 | ||
MEDWAY REVIEW PASSES | boys | 86 | 19 | 22 | |
girls | 115 | 22 | 19 | ||
TOTAL | 201 | 41 | 20 | 1.4 | |
MEDWAY TOTAL PASSES | boys | 758 | 297 | 39 | |
girls | 899 | 397 | 44 | ||
TOTAL | 1657 | 694 | 42 | 23.7 | |
KENT AUTOMATIC PASSES | boys | 199 | 124 | 62 | |
girls | 198 | 130 | 66 | ||
KENT REVIEW PASSES | boys | 16 | 4 | 25 | |
girls | 17 | 3 | 18 | ||
KENT TOTAL PASSES | boys | 199 | 128 | 64 | |
girls | 198 | 133 | 67 | ||
Other Out County |
24 | 16 | 67 |
The Medway cohort is its lowest at 2926 since I have been keeping records, confirming that school rolls in Medway are still falling. The pass score is set to select approximately 23% of children and this year the target is slightly undershot, which may have been eased with a small number of children having their English test results upgraded following moderation. There is no facility for requesting a re-mark. The number of girls succeeding with the Medway Test has been considerably larger than the number of boys ever since I have been keeping statistics, but this is the first year I have asked for the number of candidates by gender. With nearly 20% more girls than boys taking the test, it is hardly surprising that they come out top in the success rate, but a difference of 97 children is still remarkable. My own view is that this is because girls will tend to do better than boys on the English task, which accounts for 2/5 of the total marks. It also explains why there are more grammar school places available for girls than for boys.
There is a small increase in the number of Kent children being found successful in the Medway Tests, although there is a sharp fall in those from outside the county, with 16 in total, including 3 each from Bexley and Lewisham. Needless to say few if any of these will take up places in Medway grammar schools as many will look to their own area as priority, and are using Medway as a back up (just as many Medway children use the Kent Test in the same way).
Medway Test 2012 Entry
Children in Cohort | Candidates | Successes | % Success | % of cohort | |
Medway | 2949 | 1636 | 683 | 42 | 23.2 |
boys | 315 | ||||
girls | 368 | ||||
Kent | boys | 104 | |||
girls | 127 | ||||
Out County | 36 |
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Medway Review 2012 Entry
Children in Cohort |
Boys Entered for Review |
Girls Entered for Review |
Boys Passed Review |
Girls Passed Review |
% of whole cohort Passed
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Overall Passes | Pass % | |
Medway Children | 2949 | 115 | 136 | 27 | 34 | 2.06% | 744 | 25.22% |
Kent Children | 15 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 239 | |||
Others | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
These figures show 61 Medway were children successful at Review, against a 2% target figure of 59.
The total number of Medway boys who passed (taking Review into account) is 342. For girls the figure is 402.
All data on this page is provided by Medway Council, often under the Freedom of Information Act
Medway Review 2011 Entry
Number of Reviews | Number of successful reviews | % of cohort | |
Medway | 249 | 56 | 2 |
Kent | 21 | 6 |
Medway 11 plus data 2011 entry
The following statistics suggest the reason for the lower score for successful candidates in the Medway test this year:
Children in Cohort | Candidates | Successes | % Success | % of cohort | |
Medway | 2905 | 1587 | 668 | 42 | 23 |
Kent | 354 | 230 | 65 | ||
Out County | 15 | 10 | 67 |
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This shows that once again, exactly 23% of the Medway cohort passed the test, the proportion defining the pass mark, with 42% of those taking the test achieving a pass mark, almost exactly the same as last year (41%). The number of Kent children taking the test was up by 41, although the number who passed was up by just 8. The small number of out county candidates was very similar to last year.
The proportion of Medway children who took the test fell by two percent, which was probably the most significant factor in seeing the pass mark fall to 508 from 521, because of the arcane way the score is determined. Rolls in Medway Year Six children continue to fall, explaining why the number of candidates and successful candidates has declined significantly. This means that pressures on places at individual Medway Grammar schools (and indeed many other Medway schools) should ease further.
Medway Secondary School Appeals 2010 entry
School | Number of Appeals | Successful Appeals | % Success | |
Community & VC Secondary Schools |
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Chatham Grammar Boys | 19 | 8 | 42 |
Greenacre School | 19 | 12 | 63 | |
Rainham Girls | 19 | 19 | 100 | |
Maths School | 20 | 12 | 60 | |
Walderslade Girls | 15 | 15 | 100 | |
Foundation & VA and Academies |
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Brompton Academy | 18 | 6 | 33 | |
Chatham Grammar Girls | 19 | 14 | 74 | |
Strood Academy | 4 | 4 | 100 | |
Thomas Aveling | 30 | 8 | 27 | |
Robert Napier | 16 | 4 | 25 | |
Rochester Grammar | 25 | 6 | 24 | |
Rainham Mark Grammar | 24 | 5 | 21 | |
Fort Pitt Grammar | 35 | 3 | 9 |
Notes:
(1) Appeals for Community and VC Schools are organised by Medway Council. Appeals for Foundation & VA Schools, and Academies, are organised by independent appeal administrators
(2) These figures do not necessarily indicate succss rates in the future, as appeals are judged on the strength of individual cases, not by quotas, and the membership of each Panel varies year on year.
Medway Primary School Appeals 2010 entry
Of the 62 Reception Appeals heard, 15 were upheld, all at two schools, with special circumstances due to other schools nearby closing. The zero succss rate at the other 12 schools underlines the difficulty of winning a reception appeal because of Infant class legislation.
Medway Secondary School Application figures September 2010 entry.
Medway Test information for 2010 entry
Candidates | Successes | % Success | % of cohort | |
Medway | 1759 | 727 | 41 | 23 |
Kent | 314 | 222 | 71 | |
Out County | 16 | 12 | 75 |
Candidates | Successes | % Success | % of cohort | |
Medway | 270 | 63 | 23 | 2 |
Kent | 26 | 4 | 15 | |
Total | 296 | 67 | 23 |
There were no candidates for review outside Medway and Kent.
2009 Medway Secondary School Entry
Unfortunately, my request for statistics did not cover the full information I have for Kent. However:
Thomas Aveling is the most oversubscribed school in Medway, 40 first choices turned away. Next in order were The Rochester Grammar School (26), Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School (21), New Brompton College (20), Greenacre School (17), Robert Napier and The Strood Academy (14) and Chatham South (13).
Medway Tests 2008 for 2009 Entry
The number of children in Year Six in Medway Schools in 2008/9 was 3009. Of these, 1732 took the Medway tests, 685 being successful before the Review process. This is 23% of the cohort as expected under the procedures. A further 65 Medway children were successful in Review making a total of 25% of the cohort.
Another 306 Kent children took the Medway tests, 189 being successful (including those at Review). From outside Kent or Medway, just 15 children took the Medway tests, 9 being successful. It is likely that most of this last group just took the tests for practice with no intention of taking up a Medway Grammar school place. None of these out of county figures are used to determine the pass score.
Medway School Appeals 2007-8
Medway Council is only responsible for the appeals at three grammar schools. At Chatham Boys Grammar there were 3 successful appeals out of 13, at Fort Pitt, 8 successful appeals out of 20. At the Maths School, the outcomes were more complicated (see appeals page). 17 appeals out of 32 were successful, but these were all oversubscription appeals for boys who had already passed the Medway test. Another 9 boys were offered places after complaints by me to the ombudsman about the appeal process.
There were four oversubscribed non selective schools under Medway Council control. At Chatham South all 24 appeals were successful,, and at Greenacres all 8 appeals were successful. At Rainham Girls 8 out of 16 appeals were successful and at Walderslade Girls school the one appeal was successful.
All other secondary schools are Foundation Schools and have responsibility for their own appeals.
There were 51 infant school appeals. Of these 11 were successful, but just 3 of the successful appeals happened where there were classes of 30 and therefore subject to Infant Class Legislation.