GCSE results 2026

Medway GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 19 state secondary schools in Medway, 3,597 pupils. Medway ranks 78 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which fell by 0.5 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

43.6%

4.2 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

13.0%

1.7 pts below England

Attainment 8

46.8

0.8 points below England

Council rank

78 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Medway at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School (69.9); highest non-selective: The Howard School (47.3).
Schools range from 29.2 to 69.9 on Attainment 8, a spread of 40.7 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 36.7, 13.6 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School (67.9).
Medway has 6 grammar schools, which lift the council average. Compare the non-selective schools with each other. Grammar schools in Medway.
Most improved on 2025: The Victory Academy, up 3.4 points to 38.9.

Every Medway secondary school, ranked

Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths

#	School	Pupils	Attainment 8	vs 2025	Grade 4+ E&M	Grade 5+ E&M	Grade 7+ E&M	Disadvantaged A8
1	Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical SchoolGrammar · Boys	214	69.9	+0.4	99.5%	96.3%	55.6%	67.9
2	The Rochester Grammar SchoolGrammar · Girls	185	67.5	−0.9	97.3%	93.0%	44.3%	61.7
3	Rainham Mark Grammar SchoolGrammar	235	63.1	+0.4	97.9%	88.9%	32.3%	56.2
4	Fort Pitt Grammar SchoolGrammar · Girls	148	63.0	−2.9	95.3%	79.7%	24.3%	59.5
5	Chatham GrammarGrammar · Girls	145	60.6	−1.2	93.1%	73.8%	24.1%	55.3
6	Holcombe Grammar SchoolGrammar · Boys	141	59.8	−2.6	95.0%	81.6%	27.7%	59.5
7	The Howard SchoolBoys	219	47.3	+2.1	60.3%	36.1%	7.3%	44.7
8	Rainham School for GirlsGirls	264	44.8	+0.5	63.3%	28.8%	2.7%	40.9
9	Leigh Academy Rainham	224	44.5	—	58.5%	29.5%	2.2%	39.6
10	Leigh Academy Strood	214	43.7	+2.5	62.1%	30.8%	4.7%	38.3
11	Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo	244	42.3	−0.9	59.8%	34.8%	5.3%	39.6
12	St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive SchoolRoman Catholic	170	40.4	+0.4	55.9%	32.4%	4.7%	29.8
13	The Victory Academy	195	38.9	+3.4	46.2%	25.1%	5.1%	33.3
14	The Thomas Aveling School	215	38.8	−2.5	47.9%	22.8%	3.7%	33.4
15	Brompton Academy	218	35.7	−2.4	41.7%	17.9%	0.0%	31.6
16	Waterfront UTC	91	31.5	+1.5	45.1%	16.5%	0.0%	29.7
17	The Robert Napier School	181	30.2	−2.3	23.8%	11.0%	1.1%	26.2
18	Greenacre SchoolBoys	161	29.4	−0.4	37.3%	15.5%	0.0%	23.3
19	Walderslade SchoolGirls	133	29.2	−0.7	28.6%	12.0%	2.3%	20.3
	England average		47.6		66.8%	47.8%	14.7%	37.7

Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.

Medway against the rest of the South East

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

Reading these figures

Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.