Rainham School for Girls

Derwent Way, Rainham, Medway, Kent, ME8 0BX

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About this school

Rainham School for Girls is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Medway, Kent. The school has 1,625 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 21 April 2022). Last inspected 19 May 2026. The Headteacher is Vicki Shaw. The school is administered by Medway local authority. It belongs to THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST. The school has girls-only admissions. It opened in 1 February 2011.

School details

Headteacher

Vicki Shaw

Trust

THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST

Local authority

Medway

Gender

Girls

URN

136456

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Rainham School for Girls are handled by the school or the local authority (Medway). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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