Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School
About the school
Chatham and Clarendon Grammar School is a state-funded grammar school in South East England.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 24 September 2025
- Published
- 12 October 2025
- Inspection type
- Schools into Special Measures Visit 2
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 64
- Kent
- 46.7
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Kent
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 84.90%
- Kent
- 47.00%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 96.90%
- Kent
- 65.10%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 76.00%
- Kent
- 46.90%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 6.09
- Kent
- 4.18
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- B-
Average A-level points
- School
- 36.44
AAB or better
- School
- 16.00%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1388
Girls
47.41%
Boys
52.59%
SEN support
8.50%
Education, health and care plan
0.43%
English as an additional language
10.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
16.85%
Overall absence
7.16
Persistent absence
17.86
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
238
Sustained education or employment
96%
Education
94%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
Less than 0.5%
Not sustained
3%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
240
Sustained education or employment
82%
Higher education
60%
Further education
2%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
15%
Admissions
In order for a student to study three or four Advanced Level subjects, they must achieve at least 5x Grade 6s at GCSE. In order for a student to study a double Level 3 Vocational course, and one or two Advanced Levels, they must achieve at least 3x Grade 5s and 2x Grade 6s a GCSE. Where relevant, a student will need a Grade 6 in a subject to study the same subject at the Sixth Form. Students are expected to continue their chosen subjects until the end of Year 13. There are special rules or exceptions for subject options for students. Students must achieve a Grade 7 in Mathematics at GCSE to study it at Advanced Level, and a Grade 8 in Mathematics at GCSE to study Further Mathematics at Advanced Level. Students studying Further Mathematics will normally undertake the Mathematics Advanced Level exams at the end of Year 12.