The Howard School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Gillingham, ME8 0BX
- Distance
- 0.1km away
Rainham School for Girls
Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 0BX
Local ranking8th of 20 secondary schools in Medway
Ofsted: Strong
Secondary
Phase
1558
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Girls
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 44.3 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 45.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 271
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 41.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 33.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
31.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
113
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 4.9% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 272
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1625
- Boys
- 15 (1%)
- Girls
- 1610 (99%)
- Capacity
- 1558 (104% full)
- SEND
- 15.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.7%
- EAL
- 8.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.7%
- SEN Support
- 14.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 91.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,970/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 78.6%
- Black African: 6.5%
- White Other: 2.7%
- Asian Indian: 1.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
78.6%
White British
6.5%
Black African
2.7%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Derwent Way
Gillingham, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 136456
- UKPRN
- 10032961
- Establishment No.
- 4199
- Trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
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