Brompton Academy, Gillingham

From the headteacher's welcome: "I am incredibly proud to be the Principal of this fantastic school and part of a devoted and passionate team of professionals who are dedicated to ‘Transforming Lives Through Learning’. To enable our students to be happy and successful learners, we aim to create a caring, supportive, and aspirational learning environment."

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 19 November 2026 at 6pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Brompton Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 35.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.3 in Medway and 47 across England.

18% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Medway and 47% in England.

That is down from 38.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.37: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 31.6, against 38.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 351 families put Brompton Academy as their first choice and 826 named it as one of their preferences, for 205 places offered. That is 1.7 first choices for every place. 165 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Brompton Academy are Hospital and Medical Tuition Service (0.3 miles); Chatham Grammar (0.7 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 60.6); The Robert Napier School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 30.2); and The Victory Academy (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 38.9).

Brompton Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

Brompton Academy is one of 2 schools run by The University of Kent Academies Trust, an academy trust.

98 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Brompton Academy (as of September 2025): 59% would recommend the school, 70% say their child is happy there and 42% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (70%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (42%).

Of the 232 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 79% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 39% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 100 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 43% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 34% into work. 1% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

35.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 180 pupils (12.9%) received SEN support and 138 (9.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Brompton Academy has a SEN unit for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, other difficulties or disabilities and speech, language and communication needs: 100 places, 94 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Gillingham (Kent) Rail Station, about 820 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Copenhagen Road (opposite), 380 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 958 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Medway (250), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Brompton Academy issued 653 suspensions, 47.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Brompton Academy are Brompton-Westbrook Primary School (0.3 miles), All Saints Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles), New Road Primary School (0.5 miles) and Oasis Academy Skinner Street (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.