The Howard School
Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 0BX
Local ranking7th of 20 secondary schools in Medway
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1725
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Boys
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 45.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.0%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 64.1%
- Entering EBacc
- 28.9%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9
- Cohort Size
- 270
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 79.0%
- Higher education
- 24.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 40.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25D+
Avg A-Level Grade
24.8
Avg Points/Entry
24.5
Best 3 A-Levels
90
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 247
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1534
- Boys
- 1493 (97%)
- Girls
- 41 (3%)
- Capacity
- 1725 (89% full)
- SEND
- 12.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.5%
- EAL
- 13.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.0%
- SEN Support
- 11.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 101.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,869/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.6%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.3%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 79.0%
- White Other: 3.2%
- Other: 3.2%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Asian Indian: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- Black Caribbean: 1.6%
79.0%
White British
3.2%
White Other
3.2%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 141466
- UKPRN
- 10047641
- Establishment No.
- 5457
- Trust
- THE HOWARD ACADEMY TRUST