Brompton Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,399 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.1
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Rivermead School
- Pupils on roll
- 163
- Free school meals
- 55.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 23
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 21 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Rivermead School (URN 134150, until 1 January 2016).
What the data says
Of the 25 pupils who finished Year 11 at Rivermead School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 16% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 13.3 against 46.1 across England and 46.1 in Medway, with 4% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Medway and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Rivermead School | Medway | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 25 | 3,382 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 92% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 54% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 16% | 28% | 37% |
| — other education | 76% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Rivermead School | Medway | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 13.3 | 46.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 4% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 9% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 52% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.03 | 4.16 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 57% | 25% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 14.7 | 33.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 11.7 | 50.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 15% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Science | 18 | 78% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| English Language | 18 | 78% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| Mathematics | 18 | 78% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| English Literature | 17 | 74% | 86% | 0% | 21% | 6% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 14 | 61% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 7% |
| Art and Design | 7 | 30% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 43% |
| Photography | 7 | 30% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 0% |
| Business Studies | 7 | 30% | 18% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| History | 2 | 9% | 41% | — | 26% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Health | 9 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Medway
Chatham Grammar
Academy converter · sixth form · 948 pupils
96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 61.8
Fort Pitt Grammar School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,009 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 65.9
Holcombe Grammar School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,060 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 62.4
Leigh Academy Hundred of Hoo
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,829 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
Leigh Academy Strood
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,311 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.2
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.