| Name | Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School |
| Website | http://www.sjwms.org.uk |
| Ofsted Inspection Rating | Outstanding This inspection rating relates to a predecessor school. When a school, converts to an academy, is taken over or closes and reopens as a new school a formal link is created between the new school and the old school, by the Department for Education. Where the new school has not yet been inspected, we show the inspection history of the predecessor school, as we believe it still has significance. |
| Inspection Date | 26 November 2008 |
| Address | Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3EL |
| Phone Number | 01634844008 |
| Type | Secondary |
| Age Range | 11-18 |
| Religious Character | None |
| Gender | Boys |
| Number of Pupils | 1359 (94% boys 6% girls) |
| Number of Pupils per Teacher | 18.0 |
| Academy Sponsor | Leigh Academies Trust |
| Local Authority | Medway |
| Percentage Free School Meals | 3.7% |
| Percentage English is Not First Language | 13.7% |
| Persisitent Absence | 4.6% |
| Pupils with SEN Support | 6.6% |
| Catchment Area Information Available | Yes, our catchment area data is FREE |
| Last Distance Offered Information Available | No |
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Description of the school Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School is larger than the average secondary school. Students’ attainment on entry is well above average, reflecting the selective nature of the school. Most students are from White British backgrounds, with the remainder coming from a wide range of minority ethnic backgrounds and mixed heritages. A small, but increasing, number of students have learning difficulties and/or disabilities. About a third of the students in the sixth form are female. The school was designated a specialist college for mathematics and computing in 2002 and added a second specialism in the humanities, including geography and history, in April 2007. The school works in partnership with five other schools in the Rochester and Walderslade Consortium to extend the curriculum for sixth form students. Key for inspection grades Grade 1 Outstanding Grade 2 Good Grade 3 Satisfactory Grade 4 Inadequate |
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