All-through
The Rowans
Silverbank, Churchill Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0LB
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 54 of 95 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 3.6
- Local authority
- Medway
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Trust
- THE HOWARD ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 38.5
- Pupils per adult
- 2.0
- Pupils
- 78
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 December 2025
- AchievementStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2021
Previous framework
Outstanding
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Silverbank, Churchill Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0LB
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 15 January, 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
- Headteacher
- Fiona May
- Address
- Silverbank, Churchill Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0LB
- Telephone
- 01634338803