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Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School

Selective

National rank

121

100

Rank last year

73.7^%

A-level

55.6^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Eliot Hodges

Attendance 96.4%

Gender of entry Boys

Send pupils* 5.6% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,528

Pupils on free school meals 10.8%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

17.4

27.1

29.2

A*/A

44.5

A*-B

73.7

Grade

9/8/7

55.6

What the school inspection says

“Pupils and students are thoughtful, polite, courteous and respectful. The school’s culture helps them to feel safe and happy. Their behaviour is exceptional ... Pupils have extremely high ambitions. Parents and carers are enormously positive about the school. The curriculum is unashamedly academic but appropriately enriched with a complementary personal development programme covering aspects such as British values, citizenship, mental health and wellbeing. The school has a wealth of highly regarded enrichment and extracurricular opportunities ... The culture in the sixth form is positive, inclusive and aspirational.”

Inspection

2023

In detail *

Read the full report

*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

The in-demand boys’ grammar school has a capacity of about 1,500 pupils, and girls can join in sixth form.
Known as “the Math” locally in Rochester, Kent, the school is rated outstanding in all categories by Ofsted.
Students are split into seven houses and compete to win the Cock House Cup across the academic year. It engenders friendly rivalry and a drive for individuals to do their best.
The Math was among the first 100 in the country to earn National Teaching School status, indicating its high-achieving credentials.
Students can join the senior boys’ football team, drama academy, choir or philosophy club, with many other extracurricular options on offer.

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office@sjwms.org.uk

Telephone

01634 844 008

Website

sjwms.org.uk

Address

Maidstone Road, Rochester, ME1 3EL

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