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King's School, Rochester[1]

Independent · ages 2–18

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Headline results

A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
17.6 2025/26[3]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[3]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]

IGCSEs don't count towards Attainment 8, so it understates many independent schools.

Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 20.5[5] 0%[5]
2023/24 17.6[6] 0%[6]
2022/23 18.4[7] 0%[7]
2021/22 22.3[8] 0%[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[2]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
7.1% 2024/25[2]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 1.9%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 10.5%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 4.9%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 18.4%[13]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87.3% 2023/24[14]
UK higher education
63.6% 2023/24[14]
Education
69.1% 2023/24[14]
Apprenticeship
1.8% 2023/24[14]
Employment
16.4% 2023/24[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2022/23 88.4%[14] 76.7%[14] 81.4%[14] 0%[14] 7%[14]
2021/22 86.4%[14] 65.9%[14] 68.2%[14] 9.1%[14] 9.1%[14]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

For independent schools the DfE publishes destinations after 16–18 study only: no destinations after GCSEs and no university progression figures (top third, Russell Group, Oxbridge).

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[15]

ISI inspection

Inspection
April 2024[16]
Framework
Framework from September 2023[16]
Leadership and governance
Standards met[16]
Quality of education
Standards met[16]
Health and wellbeing
Standards met[16]
Social and economic education
Standards met[16]
Safeguarding
Standards met[16]

Quality of education

  • ISI recommended: The school should strengthen support for prep and senior pupils with special educational needs during lessons.
  • ISI recommended: The school should use assessment data more effectively to identify where prep and senior pupils need additional support.

Previous ISI inspections: 2023, 2020, 2017, 2016, 2013 (2023 report, 2020 report, 2017 report, 2016 report, 2013 report).

ISI's page for this school

Findings of the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), restated in our own words: not ISI's wording. Read the full report on ISI's website.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Fees

Pre-prep, day
£5,330–£5,800 a term 2026/27 · 4+  Reception; 6+  Year 2 · incl. VAT[17]
Prep, day
£6,960–£7,785 a term 2026/27 · 8+ Year 4; 10+ Year 6 · incl. VAT[17]
Senior, day
£10,265 a term 2026/27 · 13+ Year 9 (Remove) · incl. VAT[17]
Senior, weekly boarding
£11,678–£17,070 a term 2026/27 · 11+    Year 7 to Year 8; 13+ – 15+ Remove to Upper Fifth (Year 9 – Year 11) · incl. VAT[17]
Sixth form, day
£10,370–£17,174 a term 2026/27 · 16+ Year 12 (Lower Sixth); 16+ – 18+ Lower Sixth to Upper Sixth (Year 12 – Year 13) · incl. VAT[17]
Day
£4,000 a year 2026/27 · VAT not stated[17]

As published by the school on its own website for the year shown, quoted from our archived copy. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest fee the school lists for that stage. Check the school's current fees before deciding: extras (lunch, trips, exams) and bursaries are not included. Fees are never used to rank schools.

Type
Other independent school[1]
Ages
2–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
Boarding school[1]
Capacity
800[1]
Local authority
Medway[1]
Website
www.kings-rochester.co.uk[1]
Nursery classes
Has Nursery Classes[15]
Special classes
No Special Classes[15]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[15]
District
Medway[18]
Postcode
ME1 1TE[1]
URN
118948[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
652 2024/25[19]
SEN support
18.6% 2024/25[19]
EHC plan
0.5% 2024/25[19]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[19]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: 16-18 destination measures: 16-19 study leavers institution level destinations. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, King's School, Rochester, April 2024. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
  17. kings-rochester.co.uk: kings-rochester.co.uk — Fees. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (10)
    Usage after the cap: Once a parent hits the £2,000/£4,000 annual limit, they stop receiving the government top-up, but the account does not close. It remains fully functional as a "wallet," allowing parents to continue depositing their own funds and using it to pay our nursery fees for convenience. (p. 1)
    4+ Reception £5,330 per term (incl VAT) (p. 1)
    6+ Year 2 £5,800 per term (incl VAT) (p. 1)
    8+ Year 4 £6,960 per term (incl VAT) (p. 1)
    10+ Year 6 £7,785 per term (incl VAT) (p. 1)
    13+ Year 9 (Remove) £10,265 per term (incl VAT) (p. 1)
    16+ Year 12 (Lower Sixth) £10,370 per term (incl VAT) (p. 1)
    Preparatory School - Full & Weekly Boarding Fees 11+ Year 7 to Year 8 £11,678 per term (incl VAT) (p. 1)
    Senior School - Full & Weekly Boarding Fees 13+ - 15+ Remove to Upper Fifth (Year 9 - Year 11) £17,070 per term (incl VAT) (p. 1)
    16+ - 18+ Lower Sixth to Upper Sixth (Year 12 - Year 13) £17,174 per term (incl VAT) (p. 1)
  18. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.