The Thomas Aveling School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Medway council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Medway's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 233 families put this school as their first choice, and 204 places were offered. 174 of the families who put it first got a place (75%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Short (ungraded) inspection, 14 September 2022: School remains Good.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1201 (capacity 1204)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

BEYOND SCHOOLS TRUST

Phone

01634844809

Address

Arethusa Road, Rochester, ME1 2UW

Website

thomasaveling.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports