- The merger of two single-sex selective schools in Ramsgate, Kent — Chatham House Grammar for boys and Clarendon House Grammar for girls — created this coeducational grammar in 2011.
- The school preserves its dual heritage through its four houses — Thomas-Sharman, Rothschild-Pearce, Mann-Somerville and Knight-Heath — combining the house names of each predecessor institution.
- The school’s 2025 Ofsted inspection found strong teaching, stable leadership and an inclusive academic culture.
- The former prime minister Sir Edward Heath was once a pupil.
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