School profile
Alchemy School
105 Nelson Road, Gillingham, ME7 4LT
Overview
Alchemy School is an independent school (other independent special school) in Gillingham, South East, for pupils aged 11–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Other independent special school
- Establishment group
- Special schools
- Age range
- Ages 11–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 58
- URN
- 146736
Admissions
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Medway
Fees, scholarships and bursaries are not part of the official dataset. They will appear here once the school adds them.
Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
Secondary
2024/25 results
DfE does not publish a directly comparable England figure for independent schools, so no comparison is shown.
Attainment 8 score
- School
- 2
Pupils included: 21
Grade 5 or above in English & maths
- School
- 0%
Pupils included: 21
Grade 4 or above in English & maths
- School
- 0%
Pupils included: 21
Entering the EBacc
- School
- 0%
Pupils included: 21
Progress 8 was not published for 2024/25.
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 17 March 2026 · Published 10 June 2026
Renewed education inspection framework (non-association independent schools)
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Insufficient evidence
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Independent school standards
A regulatory check against the standards independent schools must meet. It is separate from Ofsted's inspection judgements and is not a rating.
Overall compliance
All standards met
Complies with its registration agreement.
Previous inspection information
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 21 February 2023 · Published 26 April 2023
Overall effectiveness: Good
Safeguarding was effective: Yes
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- 105 Nelson Road, Gillingham, ME7 4LT
- Local authority
- Medway
Inspection
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