Meopham School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Gravesend, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Meopham School is a secondary school in Gravesend, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 April 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Meopham School 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 1 of the 3 earlier years.
- In 2024/25, 44% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 93 first-choice applications for 142 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 49 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 20.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, while the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent is 34.7%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Wrotham Road, Meopham, Gravesend, DA13 0AH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 905 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this inclusive and positive school.”
- “They value the supportive and nurturing relationships they have with staff.”
- “Leaders have high aspirations for pupils and make sure that all experience effective teaching overall.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, a few pupils do not consistently meet these expectations.”
- “However, while leaders have begun to strengthen this in other areas, it is not yet fully embedded in all subjects.”
- “In the vast majority of lessons, pupils are focused and engaged with their learning, although there are some where behaviour is less focused, such as where there are temporary staff.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 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) | 44% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.9 | 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: 93 first-preference applications, 142 offers in total, 93 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 Kent.
- Leigh Academy Longfield 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Thamesview School 4.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Northfleet School for Girls 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Northfleet Technology College 4.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The Holmesdale School 4.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John's Catholic Comprehensive 4.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend 4.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Gravesend Grammar School 4.9 mi Not judged Last distance published