Holcombe Grammar School

Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–18BoysSixth form

Holcombe, Maidstone Road, Chatham, ME4 6JB

Principal · Mr Lee Preston

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 5 October 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,060Capacity 1,000

OfstedSchool remains GoodInspected 13 March 2024

TrustThe Thinking Schools Academy Trust

Free school meals12.7%

AdmissionsSelective

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 13 March 2024.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Medway council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

87 of the 137 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered179

Applications968

First choice137

First-choice offers87

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).