The Victory Academy, Chatham

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In 2026, pupils at The Victory Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.3 in Medway and 47 across England.

25% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Medway and 47% in England.

That is up from 35.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.36: 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 33.3, against 42.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 191 families put The Victory Academy as their first choice and 560 named it as one of their preferences, for 222 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 24 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Victory Academy are Holcombe Grammar School (0.6 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 59.8); Chatham Grammar (0.8 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 60.6); Hospital and Medical Tuition Service (0.8 miles); and St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.4).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than The Victory Academy.

The Victory Academy is one of 26 schools run by The Thinking Schools Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.9 in 2024/25.

Of the 222 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 83% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 41% to a further education college and 1% into work.

Of the 65 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 51% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 23% into work. 2% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

41.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 27.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (53%), Black (18%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 180 pupils (14.8%) received SEN support and 32 (2.6%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

The Victory Academy has a resourced provision for social, emotional and mental health needs: 20 places, 5 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Chatham Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Shipwrights Avenue (adjacent), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Victory Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 742 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Medway (250), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, The Victory Academy issued 317 suspensions, 26 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 9 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Victory Academy are Greenvale Primary School (0.2 miles), Phoenix Primary School (0.4 miles), Luton Primary School (0.5 miles) and All Saints Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.