Fort Pitt Grammar School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B79
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Chatham, ME4 6TJ
- Distance
- 2.7km away
Maritime Academy
Chalk Lane, Rochester, ME2 4YG
Local ranking18th of 20 secondary schools in Medway
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1150
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 7 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 562
- Boys
- 295 (52%)
- Girls
- 267 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1150 (49% full)
- SEND
- 21.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.2%
- EAL
- 14.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.7%
- SEN Support
- 21.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,002/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 65.4%
- Black African: 9.7%
- White Other: 9.1%
- Mixed Other: 4.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.1%
- Asian Indian: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Black Caribbean: 1.4%
65.4%
White British
9.7%
Black African
9.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Chalk Lane
Rochester, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 149075
- UKPRN
- 10090894
- Establishment No.
- 4005
- Trust
- THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST
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