Which school has the best GCSE results in Medway?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School tops the table in Medway with 69.5, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Medway schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Medway show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Medway GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

18 state secondary schools in Medway ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 2 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 2 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 20 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Medway ranked on Attainment 8

18 of 20 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Medway ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School Rochester · Academy converter	69.5	94%	97%	6.82	216
2	The Rochester Grammar School Rochester · Academy converter	68.4	92%	99%	6.51	225
3	Fort Pitt Grammar School Chatham · Academy converter	65.9	85%	98%	6.39	147
4	Rainham Mark Grammar School Gillingham · Academy converter	62.7	87%	96%	6.00	237
5	Holcombe Grammar School Chatham · Academy converter	62.4	85%	97%	5.97	150
6	Chatham Grammar Chatham · Academy converter	61.8	76%	93%	5.86	151
7	The Howard School Gillingham · Academy converter	45.2	33%	64%	3.86	270
8	Rainham School for Girls Gillingham · Academy converter	44.3	30%	63%	3.82	271
9	Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo Rochester · Academy sponsor led	43.2	39%	65%	4.01	254
10	The Thomas Aveling School Rochester · Academy converter	41.3	26%	56%	3.58	217
11	Leigh Academy Strood Rochester · Academy sponsor led	40.9	23%	56%	3.57	227
12	St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School Rochester · Voluntary aided school	40.0	32%	50%	3.29	179
13	Brompton Academy Gillingham · Academy sponsor led	38.1	25%	46%	3.17	235
14	The Victory Academy Chatham · Academy sponsor led	35.5	22%	42%	3.05	219
15	The Robert Napier School Gillingham · Academy sponsor led	32.5	16%	36%	2.81	185
16	Waterfront UTC Chatham · University technical college	30.0	20%	37%	2.14	75
17	Walderslade School Chatham · Academy converter	29.9	11%	24%	2.48	140
18	Greenacre School Chatham · Academy converter	29.8	17%	38%	2.53	167
–	Leigh Academy Rainham Gillingham · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Maritime Academy Rochester · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

Independent schools in Medway with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
King's School, Rochester Rochester · Other independent school	20.5	0%	63
Rochester Independent College Rochester · Other independent school	18.9	0%	60

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Medway on our composite score

Medway GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Medway ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Medway with published GCSE results

More about schools in Medway

Medway GCSE results: common questions