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Meopham School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Wrotham Road, Meopham, Gravesend DA13 0AH · meophamschool.org.uk · 01474 814646

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
39.9
average Attainment 8 score. Kent 46.7, England 46
Demand for places
0.7
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
905
73 over 832 places · 109%
Local authority
Kent
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
21.1%
First language not English
3.6%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Swale Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 93 families put the school first and 142 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: 208 (Places 190)208September 2023: 190 (Places 192)190September 2024: 90 (Places 170)90September 2025: 100 (Places 177)100September 2026: 93 (Places 142)93Places 142
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026142930.7100%
September 2025Sept 20251771000.6100%
September 2024Sept 2024170900.5100%
September 2023Sept 2023192190181%
September 2022Sept 20221902081.1▲83%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.9, and 44.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Kent it was 46.7, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D+ (22.3 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: 44.7 (England 46.3)44.72017/18: 46.8 (England 46.5)46.82018/19: 48.1 (England 46.7)48.12021/22: 44.9 (England 48.8)44.92022/23: 41.7 (England 46.3)41.72023/24: 41.1 (England 45.9)41.12024/25: 39.9 (England 46.0)39.9England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼39.946.0
●44.1%45.4%
●66.5%64.8%
▼23.0%40.5%
▼3.504.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form42.5−4.2
Further education41.3+9
Apprenticeship5.6+0.8
Employment0.6−3
Not in a lasting destination6.3−0.3
Activity not captured3.8+2

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: 25.2 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 22.6 (England 31.1)D+2017/18: 21.2 (England 32.1)D2018/19: 19.2 (England 32.9)D2021/22: 23.1 (England 37.9)D+2022/23: 19.1 (England 34.2)D2023/24: 20.2 (England 34.4)D2024/25: 22.3 (England 35.0)D+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
31 studentsD+ (22.3)Below average -0.34
32 studentsD+ (22.3)Below average -0.38
41 studentsMerit+ (28.2)Average +0.01
0%AAB or better
100%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2426D (20.2)-0.51
2022/2327D (19.1)—
2021/2220D+ (23.1)—
2018/1917D (19.2)-0.24
2017/1827D (21.2)-0.59
2016/1721D+ (22.6)-0.25
2015/1644C- (25.2)+0.12

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University32.6−11.8
Apprenticeship9.3−1.8
Employment30.2+8
Not in a lasting destination11.6+7.9
Activity not captured16.3+1.5

Ofsted

Meopham School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 April 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
19 Apr 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2019

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2019Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jan 2018Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Nov 2014Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

59% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (219 replies, to 1 April 2024).

Recommend
59%
Replies
219
22% · 1 Apr 2024
Child is happy at school▼71% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼71% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼55% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼64% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well▼64% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼58% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼59% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼74% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities●89% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼55% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼52% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 92% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼45% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 49% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼52% agreeEngland 67%

based on 90 parents (41%) with SEND

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