The Howard School
Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 0BX
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Boys (mixed sixth form)
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: Yes
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,471 (1,426 boys, 45 girls) Girls numbers are sixth-form students.
- Capacity: 1725
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 20.7%
- Telephone: 01634388765
- Ofsted: report card, no overall grade (inspected 24 Feb 2026)
- Attainment 8: 47.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 523 applications, 243 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Medway
- Rainham School for Girls (0.1 miles, straight line)
- Rainham Mark Grammar School (0.5 miles, straight line)
- St Margaret's Church of England Junior School (0.5 miles, straight line)
- St Margaret's Infant School (0.5 miles, straight line)
- St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School (0.6 miles, straight line)
- Thames View Primary School (0.6 miles, straight line)
