Chatham Grammar

Chatham Grammar is a selective academy on Rainham Road in Chatham, serving pupils from Year 7 through to sixth form as part of the University of Kent Academies Trust. The school has historically served girls in Years 7 to 11, with a co-educational sixth form, and its own admissions material records the move to co-education from September 2026. The University of Kent sponsorship is more than branding: Chatham Grammar says students benefit from university resources that support academic and social development.

The school describes itself as ambitious and supportive, with a strong emphasis on healthy, inquisitive minds and confidence. Its curriculum and results pages point to the usual grammar-school academic route, including computer science and sixth-form study, while the UKAT Sixth Form arrangements create a larger post-16 setting across the trust. The sixth-form admissions page sets out a broad 400-student provision, with academic entry requirements for courses and a substantial number of external places where capacity allows.

Pastoral and leadership language is central to Chatham Grammar's identity. The ethos page focuses on aspiration, self-belief and resilience, and the school explicitly introduces leadership development from Year 7. The wider life of the school includes Duke of Edinburgh, sport, student leadership and a house system, with recent public news showing productions and partnership sport routes alongside the academic timetable.

Year 7 admission has a published admission number of 150. For September 2027, applicants must be assessed as selective through the Medway Test or the Kent Test; the Medway route uses English, mathematics and reasoning papers, with English and mathematics weighted more heavily than reasoning after age standardisation. Once applicants are deemed selective, Chatham Grammar applies its oversubscription order: looked-after and previously looked-after children, current family association, children of staff, then distance. Published measures include Ofsted Good in October 2023, +0.36 Progress 8, 92.1% grade 5+ in English and maths and 5.1% AAB or better at A level.