Final GCSE Results for Medway schools published last week confirm the provisional results released in November. This article is a minor revision of the November original as I have found no significant variations in outcome. The key measure of GCSE Performance is Progress 8 (full table here) .Under this measure Medway is slightly above the National Average of -0.03; at +0.03. There was just one school, Robert Napier, Well Below Average although the results of Medway UTC (Well Below Average in 2018) have been suppressed for unexplained reasons. Attainment 8 (full table here) has Medway exactly the same as the National score of 46.5 with Robert Napier firmly at the foot of the table, although again Medway UTC has results suppressed and is now the Waterfront UTC.
Overall, positions in the full performance tables below are very similar to 2018, with for grammar schools, Rochester being at the head and Holcombe the foot of both tables again. Rainham School for Girls and Thomas Aveling have topped both tables for non-selective schools each year .
You will find performance tables including outcomes of the English Baccalaureate and the proportion of pupils gaining Level Five or better in English and maths together with analysis below.
You will find a full explanation of the various performance measures, together with links to key articles on this site here, and the equivalent 2018 article here. For performance and other data about individual Medway secondary schools, go to here (currently being updated - if you wish to have an individual school or page brought up to date, please let me known).
Rochester and Rainham Mark grammar schools were both 'super selective' at the time of entry to the schools of the current GCSE cohort and so one would expect this higher performance. The controversial Holcombe Grammar School appears to be suffering from its internal issues, most recently described here. It also lags badly behind the other five grammar schools in the proportion of boys achieving GCSE Level Five or better in English and maths at Attainment 8.
Grammar School Progress 8 Scores for 2019 | |
| School | Score |
| Well Above Average | |
| Rochester Grammar | 0.81 |
| Sir Joseph Williamson's | 0.53 |
| Chatham Grammar Girls | 0.52 |
| Above Average | |
| Fort Pitt Grammar | 0.36 |
Rainham Mark Grammar | 0.27 |
| Average | |
| Holcombe Grammar | 0.12 |
Non-Selective Progress 8 Scores for 2019 | |||
| School | Score | School | Score |
| Above Average | Howard School | -0.14 | |
| Thomas Aveling | 0.33 | Below Average | |
| Rainham Girls | 0.31 | Strood Academy | -0.23 |
| Average | Greenacre | -0.27 | |
| St John Fisher Catholic | 0.13 | Walderslade Girls | -0.34 |
Hundred of Hoo | -0.07 | Well Below Average and below Floor Level of -0.5 | |
| Brompton Academy | -0.12 | Robert Napier | -0.64 |
| Victory Academy | -0.12 | Medway UTC | Suppressed |
Grammar School Attainment 8 Scores for 2019 | |
| School | Score |
| Rochester Grammar | 69.0 |
| Rainham Mark Grammar | 66.7 |
| Sir Joseph Williamson's | 65.5 |
| Fort Pitt Grammar | 65.2 |
Chatham Grammar Girls | 60.0 |
| Holcombe Grammar | 59.2 |
Non-Selective Attainment 8 Scores for 2019 | |||
| School | Score | School | Score |
Thomas Aveling | 44.9 | Brompton Academy | 39.0 |
| Rainham Girls | 44.0 | Strood Academy | 38.4 |
| Howard School | 42.8 | Walderslade Girls | 37.2 |
| Hundred of Hoo | 41.6 | Victory Academy | 35.8 |
| St John Fisher | 41.4 | Robert Napier | 32.3 |
| Greenacre | 40.6 | Medway UTC | Suppressed |