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The Robert Napier School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Third Avenue, Gillingham ME7 2LX · robertnapier.org.uk · 01634 851157

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Sept 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
32.5
average Attainment 8 score. Medway 46, England 46
Demand for places
0.4
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,048
97% of 1,080 places
Local authority
Medway
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
51.7%
First language not English
19.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Beyond Schools Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 86 families put the school first and 202 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 134 (Places 188)134September 2023: 109 (Places 176)109September 2024: 103 (Places 209)103September 2025: 122 (Places 208)122September 2026: 86 (Places 202)86Places 202
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026202860.4100%
September 2025Sept 20252081220.6100%
September 2024Sept 20242091030.5100%
September 2023Sept 20231761090.694%
September 2022Sept 20221881340.794%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 32.5, and 16.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Medway it was 46, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D (20.2 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 35.3 (England 46.3)35.32017/18: 38.0 (England 46.5)38.02018/19: 32.3 (England 46.7)32.32021/22: 32.1 (England 48.8)32.12022/23: 31.2 (England 46.3)31.22023/24: 27.9 (England 45.9)27.92024/25: 32.5 (England 46.0)32.5England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼32.546.0
▼16.2%45.4%
▼36.2%64.8%
▼17.3%40.5%
▼2.814.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form28.2+0.7
Further education46−7.2
Other education0.6—
Apprenticeship1.2+0.6
Employment5.5−0.3
Not in a lasting destination8.6+0.4
Activity not captured9.8+5.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 18.1 (England 30.5)D-2016/17: 20.5 (England 31.1)D2017/18: 22.6 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 24.7 (England 32.9)D+2021/22: 22.0 (England 37.9)D+2022/23: 21.3 (England 34.2)D2023/24: 17.5 (England 34.4)D-2024/25: 20.2 (England 35.0)DEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
32 studentsD (20.2)Below average -0.39
32 studentsD (20.2)Below average -0.39
40 studentsMerit- (21.1)Below average -0.46
13 studentsDist (35.2)Above average +0.73
0%AAB or better
85.7%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2436D- (17.5)-0.56
2022/2348D (21.3)—
2021/2243D+ (22)—
2018/1941D+ (24.7)-0.30
2017/1870D+ (22.6)-0.72
2016/1762D (20.5)-0.24
2015/1658D- (18.1)-0.18

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University42.9−0.9
Further education7.1+5.1
Apprenticeship7.1+5
Employment21.4−1.5
Not in a lasting destination14.3−8.6
Activity not captured7.1+0.8

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected The Robert Napier School on 24 September 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
24 Sept 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth formRequires improvement

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2019

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2019Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Sept 2016Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jul 2014Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement

What parents said

57% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (148 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
57%
Replies
148
15% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼70% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼69% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼61% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼69% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼69% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼50% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼66% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●90% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼73% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼52% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼62% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 84% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼42% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 53% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼51% agreeEngland 67%

based on 58 parents (39%) with SEND

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