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

Ofsted judged Maritime Academy's quality of education as Good at its inspection in May 2025, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Maritime Academy?

Maritime Academy has 736 pupils on roll.

What ages does Maritime Academy take?

Maritime Academy admits pupils aged 11 to 19.

Where is Maritime Academy located?

Maritime Academy is located in Rochester, ME2 4YG, Medway.

How do I apply to Maritime Academy?

Maritime 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 close do you need to live to get into Maritime Academy?

On offer day for 2025-26 (Year 7), the furthest place offered at Maritime Academy was 2.3 miles from the school. That is the distance the last place reached in one year, not a boundary and not a guarantee — it moves with the number of applicants.

How are Year 7 places decided at Maritime Academy?

When Maritime Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked After Children and all children who have been previously looked after, but following being looked after became subject to an adoption order, child arrangement order or special guardianship order, including those who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Sibling — Children who, at the time of admission, have a sibling who attends the Academy (Maritime Academy); 3. Attends a Thinking Schools Academy Trust primary school — Children who attend any of the following Thinking Schools Academy Trust's primary schools: All Faiths Children's Academy, Cedar Children's Academy and The Gordon Children's Academy, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 180 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If a tie-break is necessary, random allocation will be used to determine which child will be offered a place. This will be verified by someone independent from the school who will conduct the random allocation.

What is the largest ethnic background at Maritime Academy?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 57.7% of pupils at Maritime Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

Maritime Academy: Ofsted, Results & Catchment 2026

How close did you need to live?

2.3miles

was the furthest place offered on offer day for 2025-26 (Year 7). That is how far the last place reached in ONE year — not a boundary, and not a guarantee. It moves with the number of applicants, so treat it as a guide rather than a line on a map.

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How places are decided at Maritime 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.

1Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked After Children and all children who have been previously looked after, but following being looked after became subject to an adoption order, child arrangement order or special guardianship order, including those who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2Sibling — Children who, at the time of admission, have a sibling who attends the Academy (Maritime Academy).
3Attends a Thinking Schools Academy Trust primary school — Children who attend any of the following Thinking Schools Academy Trust's primary schools: All Faiths Children's Academy, Cedar Children's Academy and The Gordon Children's Academy.
4Children of staff — Children of staff employed by the Academy: priority will be given to the child of a person employed by the Academy to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skills shortage.
5Child's health reasons — Child's health reasons. Written medical evidence from a General Practitioner or hospital consultant must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason which requires the child to attend Maritime Academy.
6Distance — Children who live closest to the school. Distance is based on the shortest distance from home to school, using the Medway Co-ordinated scheme (GIS-calculated shortest known route from the seed point of the child's home to a pre-defined point on, or the road adjacent to, the school site).

If two applications tie: If a tie-break is necessary, random allocation will be used to determine which child will be offered a place. This will be verified by someone independent from the school who will conduct the random allocation.

Places are allocated after the admission of pupils with an Education, Health and Care plan. The document's cover states 'ADMISSIONS POLICY 2027-2028' and gives dates consistent with September 2027 entry (e.g. offer date 1 March 2027, appeals deadline 28 March 2027), but the internal section heading reads 'Maritime Academy Admissions Arrangements 2026-2027', which appears to be a leftover labelling inconsistency in the source document; cohort_start_year is read as 2027 based on the specific dates and cover title.

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.

Maritime Academy: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Maritime Academy's quality of education to be?: Ofsted judged Maritime Academy's quality of education as Good at its inspection in May 2025, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Maritime Academy?: Maritime Academy has 736 pupils on roll.
What ages does Maritime Academy take?: Maritime Academy admits pupils aged 11 to 19.
Where is Maritime Academy located?: Maritime Academy is located in Rochester, ME2 4YG, Medway.
How do I apply to Maritime Academy?: Maritime 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 close do you need to live to get into Maritime Academy?: On offer day for 2025-26 (Year 7), the furthest place offered at Maritime Academy was 2.3 miles from the school. That is the distance the last place reached in one year, not a boundary and not a guarantee — it moves with the number of applicants.
How are Year 7 places decided at Maritime Academy?: When Maritime Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked After Children and all children who have been previously looked after, but following being looked after became subject to an adoption order, child arrangement order or special guardianship order, including those who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Sibling — Children who, at the time of admission, have a sibling who attends the Academy (Maritime Academy); 3. Attends a Thinking Schools Academy Trust primary school — Children who attend any of the following Thinking Schools Academy Trust's primary schools: All Faiths Children's Academy, Cedar Children's Academy and The Gordon Children's Academy, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 180 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If a tie-break is necessary, random allocation will be used to determine which child will be offered a place. This will be verified by someone independent from the school who will conduct the random allocation.
What is the largest ethnic background at Maritime Academy?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 57.7% of pupils at Maritime Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at Maritime 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.

1Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked After Children and all children who have been previously looked after, but following being looked after became subject to an adoption order, child arrangement order or special guardianship order, including those who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2Sibling — Children who, at the time of admission, have a sibling who attends the Academy (Maritime Academy).
3Attends a Thinking Schools Academy Trust primary school — Children who attend any of the following Thinking Schools Academy Trust's primary schools: All Faiths Children's Academy, Cedar Children's Academy and The Gordon Children's Academy.
4Children of staff — Children of staff employed by the Academy: priority will be given to the child of a person employed by the Academy to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skills shortage.
5Child's health reasons — Child's health reasons. Written medical evidence from a General Practitioner or hospital consultant must be provided which demonstrates a specific health reason which requires the child to attend Maritime Academy.
6Distance — Children who live closest to the school. Distance is based on the shortest distance from home to school, using the Medway Co-ordinated scheme (GIS-calculated shortest known route from the seed point of the child's home to a pre-defined point on, or the road adjacent to, the school site).

Maritime Academy: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Maritime Academy's quality of education to be?: Ofsted judged Maritime Academy's quality of education as Good at its inspection in May 2025, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Maritime Academy?: Maritime Academy has 736 pupils on roll.
What ages does Maritime Academy take?: Maritime Academy admits pupils aged 11 to 19.
Where is Maritime Academy located?: Maritime Academy is located in Rochester, ME2 4YG, Medway.
How do I apply to Maritime Academy?: Maritime 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 close do you need to live to get into Maritime Academy?: On offer day for 2025-26 (Year 7), the furthest place offered at Maritime Academy was 2.3 miles from the school. That is the distance the last place reached in one year, not a boundary and not a guarantee — it moves with the number of applicants.
How are Year 7 places decided at Maritime Academy?: When Maritime Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked after and previously looked after children — Looked After Children and all children who have been previously looked after, but following being looked after became subject to an adoption order, child arrangement order or special guardianship order, including those who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Sibling — Children who, at the time of admission, have a sibling who attends the Academy (Maritime Academy); 3. Attends a Thinking Schools Academy Trust primary school — Children who attend any of the following Thinking Schools Academy Trust's primary schools: All Faiths Children's Academy, Cedar Children's Academy and The Gordon Children's Academy, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 180 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If a tie-break is necessary, random allocation will be used to determine which child will be offered a place. This will be verified by someone independent from the school who will conduct the random allocation.
What is the largest ethnic background at Maritime Academy?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 57.7% of pupils at Maritime Academy are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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