The key measure of GCSE Performance is Progress 8 (full table here) .Under this measure Medway is slightly above the National Average of -0.02, at +0.02 (with just one school Well Below Average, contrasted with Kent's 15). Attainment 8 (full table here) has Medway just below the National score of 46.5, at 46.0.
Highlights: Three grammar schools have Well Above Average Progress Grades led by Rochester Grammar, followed by Chatham Girls. Holcombe Grammar is at the foot with an Average Progress Grade coming below the non-selective Sir Thomas Aveling. Five of the six grammars have Attainment scores within three points of each other, again led by Rochester Grammar, with Holcombe again limping along behind. Chatham Grammar Girls comes top for the percentage of pupils gaining Level 5 or better in English and Maths.
Amongst non-selective schools, pupils at Thomas Aveling and Rainham Girls score above Average Progress grades. The only school scoring Well below Average is unsurprisingly, Medway UTC. Rainham Girls leads Thomas Aveling in Attainment, with Victory Academy at the foot, just behind Medway UTC.
You will find all the individual outcomes for Medway schools here.
Note: To assist those looking for information on secondary school transfer, I have already published articles on 2018 outcomes for: the Medway Test; Kent GCSE outcomes; the Kent Test; and 2018 Kent & Medway school appeals.
This is the third year of the new GCSE assessments for measuring schools performance, Progress 8 and Attainment 8, which replaced the long established 5 A*-C GCSE league table including English and maths. You will find an explanation of both measures in the parallel Kent GCSE article.
Grammar School Progress 8
Chatham Grammar School for Girls' excellent Progress grades at last show major improvement under its new sponsor University of Kent Academy Trust and management by Brompton Academy after years of disappointing outcomes by a variety of measures.
Rochester Grammar continues to head both major tables with its intake dominated by the highest performing girls in the Medway Test. The other Thinking Schools Academy Trust school, Holcombe Grammar, has had a torrid year, bogged down by controversy, which may have taken its eye off the ball being well adrift in both the main measures. Government divides progress outcomes into five groups around a median of 'Average', the large majority of grammar schools across the country exceeding this, arguably because bright pupils have the greater potential to work towards.
Grammar School Progress 8 Scores for 2018 | |
| School | Score |
| Well Above Average | |
| Rochester Grammar | 0.63 |
| Chatham Grammar Girls | 0.60 |
| Sir Joseph Williamson's | 0.49 |
| Above Average | |
| Fort Pitt Grammar | 0.41 |
Rainham Mark Grammar | 0.36 |
| Average | |
| Holcombe Grammar | 0.17 |
Non-Selective Progress 8 Scores for 2018 | |||
| School | Score | School | Score |
| Above Average | St John Fisher Catholic | -0.21 | |
| Thomas Aveling | 0.31 | Victory Academy | -0.24 |
| Average | Below Average | ||
| Rainham Girls | 0.09 | Strood Academy | -0.21 |
Hundred of Hoo | -0.06 | Walderslade Girls | -0.28 |
| Howard School | -0.08 | Greenacre | -0.39 |
| Brompton Academy | -0.14 | Well Below Average and below Floor Level of -0.5 | |
| Robert Napier | -0.15 | Medway UTC | -0.58 |
Grammar School Attainment 8 Scores for 2018 | |
| School | Score |
| Rochester Grammar | 66.6 |
| Sir Joseph Williamson's | 65.6 |
| Rainham Mark Grammar | 64.7 |
| Fort Pitt Grammar | 64.4 |
| Chatham Grammar Girls | 63.6 |
| Holcombe Grammar | 57.7 |
Non Selective Attainment
Rainham Girls put Thomas Aveling into second place.
Victory Academy comes bottom, setting up a double with Holcombe Grammar as its Executive Head oversees both schools.
Non-Selective Attainment 8 Scores for 2016 | |||
| School | Score | School | Score |
| Rainham Girls | 43.4 | St John Fisher | 38 |
| Thomas Aveling | 42.7 | Greenacre | 37.9 |
| Howard School | 42.1 | Brompton Academy | 37.6 |
| Hundred of Hoo | 40.2 | Strood Academy | 37.4 |
| Walderslade Girls | 39 | Medway UTC | 34.3 |
| Robert Napier | 38 | Victory Academy | 33.3 |