The Robert Napier School, Gillingham

Overview

The Robert Napier School is a state-funded school (academy sponsor led) in Gillingham, South East, for pupils aged 11–18. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type: Academy sponsor led
Establishment group: Academies
Phase of education: Secondary
Age range: Ages 11–18
Gender of entry: Mixed
Boarding: No boarders
Sixth form: Yes
School capacity: 1,080
Pupils on roll: 1,048
URN: 138511

Admissions

Admissions policy: Non-selective
Local authority: Medway
Academy trust or group: BEYOND SCHOOLS TRUST

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School places

DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)

Capacity at survey date: 1,250
Pupils on roll: 996
Unfilled places at survey date: 254

A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data

Official admissions data

Applications & demand

Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.

2026/27 admissions · Year 7

First preferences: 86
Total preferences: 375
Offers made: 202

First preferences compared with offers

0.43 first preferences per offer

86 first preferences and 202 offers were recorded for 2026/27.

What does this mean?

This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.

First preferences over time

Latest five available admissions years. Missing years are not estimated.

Admissions history

Admissions year	First preferences	Total preferences	Offers made
2026/27	86	375	202
2025/26	122	452	208
2024/25	103	488	209
2023/24	109	396	176
2022/23	134	424	188

Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.

Official performance data

School performance

Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.

2024/25 results

Attainment 8 score
School
32.5
England
47.1
Pupils included: 185
Grade 5 or above in English & maths
School
16.2%
England
46.5%
Pupils included: 185
Grade 4 or above in English & maths
School
36.2%
England
66.4%
Pupils included: 185
Entering the EBacc
School
17.3%
England
41.5%
Pupils included: 185

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 inspection

Inspected 24 September 2024 · Published 10 November 2024

Original education inspection framework (September 2024 to November 2025)

Ofsted did not give schools an overall effectiveness grade during this inspection period. The judgements Ofsted did publish are shown below.

Quality of education: Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement
Personal development: Requires improvement
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Requires improvement
Safeguarding was effective: Yes
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Requires improvement

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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

SEND and additional needs

Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.

VI - Visual Impairment

Location

Address: Third Avenue, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 2LX
Local authority: Medway
Area: Schools in Medway

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