The Victory Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Chatham, Medway
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.99 miles
Published by Medway Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Victory Academy is a secondary school in Chatham, Medway for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 February 2023. Medway and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
The Victory 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 | 1.99 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last Year 7 2026 offer went to a child 1.99 miles away, nearer than in 2024, and 3rd shortest of 13 Medway secondary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 22% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Medway.
- Year 7 2026 drew 191 first-choice applications for 222 offers; 167 went to first-choice families, and 24 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- 41.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 31.2% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Medway.
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
- Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, ME4 5JB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Medway
- Pupils on roll
- 1,213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 41.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 February 2023
Strengths
- “The Victory Academy is a welcoming and caring school.”
- “Staff-pupil relationships are strong.”
- “This means that pupils recognise that the school has ‘got their back’ and has their best interests at heart, even those who do not find learning easy.”
To improve
- “Most staff insist pupils follow these expectations, but a very small number do not reinforce them at every opportunity.”
- “Staff deal well with incidents of bullying, although pupils are not always aware how they have been resolved.”
- “In the past, too few pupils took a modern foreign language at key stage 4.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 May 2023 (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) | 22% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 35.5 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D | 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: 191 first-preference applications, 222 offers in total, 167 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.
- Holcombe Grammar School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chatham Grammar 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brompton Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Fort Pitt Grammar School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Walderslade School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Thomas Aveling School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenacre School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published