The Victory Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Magpie Hall Road
Chatham
Kent
ME4 5JB
Phone 03333602140
Reference Number 136108

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1192
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.74%
Girls: 51.26%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 41.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 31.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.1

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 87 122 209
8 96 109 205
9 102 100 202
10 101 109 210
11 129 105 234
12 32 40 72
13 34 26 60

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 51.4%
White, Other 16.7%
African 12.2%
Unclassified 4.1%
Mixed, Other 3.3%
White & Black (African) 2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.4%
Caribbean 1.3%
Indian 0.9%
White & Asian 0.7%
Pakistani 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Asian, Other 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-05-18
Date Description Report
2023-02-02 School inspection: School inspection:
2020-11-10 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2017-09-26 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2015-11-20 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-06-17 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-10-11 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2013-06-27 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-04-25 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2011-09-13 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
40.1 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 32% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 45.9% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 20.33 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 15.38 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade D C- C+
Average Grade (best 3) D- C C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 7.7% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 109 17
Third Preference 97 8
From another Local Authority 14 5

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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Name Distance
Greenvale Primary School
Symons Avenue, Chatham, Kent, ME4 5UP
0.21 miles
Phoenix Primary School
Glencoe Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 5QD
0.37 miles
Luton Primary School
Luton Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 5AW
0.49 miles
All Saints Church of England Primary School
Magpie Hall Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 5JY
0.54 miles
New Horizons Children's Academy
Park Crescent, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6NR
0.56 miles
Wayfield Primary School
Wayfield Road, Chatham, Kent, ME5 0HH
0.61 miles
New Road Primary School
Bryant Street, Chatham, Kent, ME4 5QN
0.64 miles
St Michael's RC Primary School
Hills Terrace, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6PX
0.78 miles
Balfour Junior School
Balfour Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6QX
0.79 miles
Balfour Infant School
Pattens Lane, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2QT
0.8 miles
Kingfisher Community Primary School
Kingfisher Drive, Princes Park, Walderslade, Chatham, Kent, ME5 7NX
0.82 miles
St John's Church of England Infant School
4 New Street, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6RH
0.84 miles
Byron Primary School
Byron Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5XX
0.91 miles
Brompton-Westbrook Primary School
Kings Bastion, Brompton, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5DQ
1.11 miles
Crest Infant School
Fleet Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2QA
1.12 miles
Delce Academy
The Tideway, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2NJ
1.19 miles
Warren Wood Primary School
Arethusa Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2UR
1.2 miles
Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy
Napier Community Primary and Nursery Academy, Napier Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 4HG
1.21 miles
Maundene School
Swallow Rise, Walderslade, Chatham, Kent, ME5 7QB
1.24 miles
St Peter's Infant School
Holcombe Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2HU
1.31 miles
Name Distance
Holcombe Grammar School
Holcombe, Maidstone Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6JB
0.59 miles
Blue Skies School
126 Maidstone Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6DQ
0.6 miles
Chatham Grammar
Rainham Road, Chatham, Kent, ME5 7EH
0.76 miles
Hospital and Medical Tuition Service
The School Room, Dolphin Ward, Gillingham, ME7 5NY
0.76 miles
St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School
City Way, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2FA
0.88 miles
Brompton Academy
Marlborough Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5HT
0.98 miles
Fort Pitt Grammar School
Fort Pitt Hill, Chatham, Kent, ME4 6TJ
1.11 miles
Bradfields Academy
Churchill Avenue, Chatham, Kent, ME5 0LB
1.15 miles
INSPIRE Free Special School
Churchill Avenue, Silverbank, Chatham, Kent, ME5 0LB
1.15 miles
Walderslade School
Bradfields Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, Kent, ME5 0LE
1.29 miles
The Thomas Aveling School
Arethusa Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2UW
1.32 miles
Greenacre School
157 Walderslade Road, Walderslade, Chatham, Kent, ME5 0LP
1.33 miles
Ripplevale School Rochester
9-13 New Road, Rochester, Kent, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1BG
1.36 miles
The Rochester Grammar School
Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3BY
1.37 miles
The Robert Napier School
Third Avenue, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 2LX
1.37 miles
Rochester Independent College
254 St Margaret's Banks, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1HY
1.45 miles
Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School
Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3EL
1.45 miles
Medway Secure Training Centre
Sir Evelyn Road, Rochester, ME1 3YB
1.67 miles
MidKent College
Medway Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 1FN
1.73 miles
King's School, Rochester
Satis House, Rochester, ME1 1TE
1.93 miles
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