Secondary
The Victory Academy
Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, ME4 5JB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1213 of 1500 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.0
- Local authority
- Medway
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Trust
- THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 79.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 112.3
- Pupils per adult
- 10.6
- Pupils
- 1,192
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
September 2017
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
22%
23 points below the Chatham average (45% across 7 schools)
35.5
9.5 below the Chatham average (45.0 across 7 schools)
4th of 7 by our score, among the secondary schools in Chatham we can score - 9 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 35.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.05 |
| Entered the EBacc | 27% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 42% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 22% |
| A level average points per entry | 20.49 |
| A level students | 53 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 18% |
| 22/23 | 22% |
| 23/24 | 32% |
| 24/25 | 22% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 23.0 |
| 22/23 | 20.8 |
| 23/24 | 25.0 |
| 24/25 | 20.5 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.71 |
| 22/23 | -0.59 |
| 23/24 | -0.36 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32.8 |
| 22/23 | 33.7 |
| 23/24 | 40.0 |
| 24/25 | 35.5 |
Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, ME4 5JB
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Medway admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Oliver Owen
- Address
- Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, ME4 5JB
- Telephone
- 03333602140