Brompton Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Gillingham, Medway
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.97 miles
Band 1 · Published by Medway Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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Brompton Academy is a secondary school in Gillingham, Medway for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 26 November 2024. Medway has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
Brompton Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.97 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place under one of its admission criteria lived 0.97 miles away.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 drew 351 first-choice applications for 205 offers, 1.7 first choices per offer, the highest of 18 Medway secondary schools.
- Of those 2026 Year 7 offers, 186 went to first-choice families, and 165 first-choice families (47%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 25% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the average A level grade was C (England B-).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Medway schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Marlborough Road, Gillingham, ME7 5HT
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Medway
- Pupils on roll
- 1,399 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend the school.”
- “New Year 7 pupils feel welcomed and helped to settle in quickly.”
- “They remark that they were able to make new friends, and that older pupils are kind.”
To improve
- “In the past, pupils did not achieve well enough in national tests such as GCSEs, and the curriculum for younger pupils was not sufficiently broad.”
- “This meant that pupils were not well prepared for their next steps.”
- “In these, and particularly in key stage 3, teaching and the implementation of the curriculum are not yet consistently effective in helping pupils build their knowledge and understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 25% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 351 first-preference applications, 205 offers in total, 186 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Medway.
- Chatham Grammar 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Robert Napier School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Victory Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Waterfront UTC 1.1 mi Good
- Fort Pitt Grammar School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Holcombe Grammar School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Rochester Grammar School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published