Chatham Grammar

Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–18MixedSixth form

Rainham Road, Chatham, ME5 7EH

Principal · Ms Wendy Walters

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 22 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils948Capacity 976

OfstedSchool remains GoodInspected 18 October 2023

TrustThe University of Kent Academies Trust

Free school meals17.4%

AdmissionsSelective

SEN provisionSEN unit

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 18 October 2023.

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.

98 of the 185 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered150

Applications1,151

First choice185

First-choice offers98

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).