What did Ofsted judge Brompton Academy's quality of education to be?

Ofsted judged Brompton Academy's quality of education as Good at its inspection in November 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Brompton Academy?

Brompton Academy has 1,399 pupils on roll.

What ages does Brompton Academy take?

Brompton Academy admits pupils aged 11 to 18.

Where is Brompton Academy located?

Brompton Academy is located in Gillingham, ME7 5HT, Medway.

How do I apply to Brompton Academy?

Brompton Academy is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.

How are Year 7 places decided at Brompton Academy?

When Brompton Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. EHCP naming the Academy — Places must first be offered to those children with an Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP) in which the Academy is named (automatic admission, after the Academy has been consulted and it has been agreed it can meet the student's needs); 2. Service children — Automatic admission of service children (and those children who had previously been known as service children); 3. Looked after and previously looked after children — Automatic admission of Children in Care and children who were previously in care, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or because they were subject to a residence order or special guardianship order), and 4 further criteria. The school offers 240 places at this entry point. Ties are settled by d) Random selection within bands: in the unlikely event that two or more children in all other ways have equal eligibility for the last available place, the names will be allocated a number and drawn randomly.

What is the largest ethnic background at Brompton Academy?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 58% of pupils at Brompton Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

Brompton Academy: Ofsted, Results & Catchment 2026

How close did you need to live?

Distance depends on the band here

Brompton Academy admits by banding: applicants are placed into bands and each band is filled separately, so there is no single last-offer distance. Each band has its own, and which one applies depends on your child's assessment — so one number could not answer this for every child.

How the bands work: Brompton Academy is an all-ability Academy; all applicants must take a Fair Banding test (prescribed by GL Assessments, formerly NFER) to secure an all-ability intake representative of the national ability range. It is explicitly not a 'pass or fail' test. The test is administered during September/October of Year 6 (a year ahead of entry); applicants are split into one of five ability bands based on scores within the national profile, including those with SEN and children in care. Criteria a)-d) above are then applied within each band (after the automatic admissions in ranks 1-3, which apply across bands). Students who have not taken the banding test (apart from Children in Care and those with an EHCP naming the Academy) are considered after those who sat the test.

Your local authority’s admissions booklet publishes the cut-off for each band. The full ranked criteria are on the Admissions tab.

How places are decided at Brompton Academy

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1EHCP naming the Academy — Places must first be offered to those children with an Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP) in which the Academy is named (automatic admission, after the Academy has been consulted and it has been agreed it can meet the student's needs).
2Service children — Automatic admission of service children (and those children who had previously been known as service children).
3Looked after and previously looked after children — Automatic admission of Children in Care and children who were previously in care, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or because they were subject to a residence order or special guardianship order).
4Current family association (sibling) — a) Current family association, i.e. elder brother or sister attending Brompton Academy at the time of application who will still be attending when the applicant child is admitted. Brother or sister means a natural brother or sister (including adopted siblings), stepbrother or sister, foster brother or sister, or those who live as brother or sister in the same house.
5Children of staff — b) Children of staff at Brompton Academy, where the member of staff has been employed for one year or more at the time of application, and/or where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
6Nearness of home — c) Nearness of children's home.
7Random selection within band — d) Random selection within bands.

If two applications tie: d) Random selection within bands: in the unlikely event that two or more children in all other ways have equal eligibility for the last available place, the names will be allocated a number and drawn randomly.

PAN of 240 includes 20 places per year group in the designated Eliot SEN Communications Centre for young people who have an EHCP.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

Brompton Academy: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Brompton Academy's quality of education to be?: Ofsted judged Brompton Academy's quality of education as Good at its inspection in November 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Brompton Academy?: Brompton Academy has 1,399 pupils on roll.
What ages does Brompton Academy take?: Brompton Academy admits pupils aged 11 to 18.
Where is Brompton Academy located?: Brompton Academy is located in Gillingham, ME7 5HT, Medway.
How do I apply to Brompton Academy?: Brompton Academy is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How are Year 7 places decided at Brompton Academy?: When Brompton Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. EHCP naming the Academy — Places must first be offered to those children with an Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP) in which the Academy is named (automatic admission, after the Academy has been consulted and it has been agreed it can meet the student's needs); 2. Service children — Automatic admission of service children (and those children who had previously been known as service children); 3. Looked after and previously looked after children — Automatic admission of Children in Care and children who were previously in care, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or because they were subject to a residence order or special guardianship order), and 4 further criteria. The school offers 240 places at this entry point. Ties are settled by d) Random selection within bands: in the unlikely event that two or more children in all other ways have equal eligibility for the last available place, the names will be allocated a number and drawn randomly.
What is the largest ethnic background at Brompton Academy?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 58% of pupils at Brompton Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How close did you need to live?

Distance depends on the band here

Your local authority’s admissions booklet publishes the cut-off for each band. The full ranked criteria are on the Admissions tab.

How places are decided at Brompton Academy

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1EHCP naming the Academy — Places must first be offered to those children with an Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP) in which the Academy is named (automatic admission, after the Academy has been consulted and it has been agreed it can meet the student's needs).
2Service children — Automatic admission of service children (and those children who had previously been known as service children).
3Looked after and previously looked after children — Automatic admission of Children in Care and children who were previously in care, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or because they were subject to a residence order or special guardianship order).
4Current family association (sibling) — a) Current family association, i.e. elder brother or sister attending Brompton Academy at the time of application who will still be attending when the applicant child is admitted. Brother or sister means a natural brother or sister (including adopted siblings), stepbrother or sister, foster brother or sister, or those who live as brother or sister in the same house.
5Children of staff — b) Children of staff at Brompton Academy, where the member of staff has been employed for one year or more at the time of application, and/or where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
6Nearness of home — c) Nearness of children's home.
7Random selection within band — d) Random selection within bands.

PAN of 240 includes 20 places per year group in the designated Eliot SEN Communications Centre for young people who have an EHCP.

Brompton Academy: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Brompton Academy's quality of education to be?: Ofsted judged Brompton Academy's quality of education as Good at its inspection in November 2024, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Brompton Academy?: Brompton Academy has 1,399 pupils on roll.
What ages does Brompton Academy take?: Brompton Academy admits pupils aged 11 to 18.
Where is Brompton Academy located?: Brompton Academy is located in Gillingham, ME7 5HT, Medway.
How do I apply to Brompton Academy?: Brompton Academy is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How are Year 7 places decided at Brompton Academy?: When Brompton Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. EHCP naming the Academy — Places must first be offered to those children with an Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP) in which the Academy is named (automatic admission, after the Academy has been consulted and it has been agreed it can meet the student's needs); 2. Service children — Automatic admission of service children (and those children who had previously been known as service children); 3. Looked after and previously looked after children — Automatic admission of Children in Care and children who were previously in care, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or because they were subject to a residence order or special guardianship order), and 4 further criteria. The school offers 240 places at this entry point. Ties are settled by d) Random selection within bands: in the unlikely event that two or more children in all other ways have equal eligibility for the last available place, the names will be allocated a number and drawn randomly.
What is the largest ethnic background at Brompton Academy?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 58% of pupils at Brompton Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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