SCHOOL PROFILE

Maritime Academy: data, trends and context

Maritime Academy is a secondary school in Medway. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
149075
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Medway
Region
South East
Trust
THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
ME2 4YG
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
736
FSM eligible
32.7%
EAL / First language other than English
14.9%
SEND (total)
8.8%
SEN Support
5.4%
EHCP
3.4%
White British
57.7%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.1%
Overall absence
9.9%
Persistent absence
27.8%
Severe absence
6.2%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
MedwayLocal authority92.3%7.7%2.9%
South EastRegion91.5%8.5%2.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
42.9%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
13.3%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.36%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Maritime Academy against 25 similar schools

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Maritime Academy is a secondary school in Medway. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.