Maritime Academy
Free schools secondary school in Rochester (Medway).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
If you were unable to attend any of the open events, please see the presentation from Mr Evans, Principal. Here to truly transform life chances, we need to transform people: developing effective habits that will support our students to achieve success both within the Academy and beyond.
Our expectation is that students will strive for excellence in academic performance and work hard to be the best member of our school community that they can be. Students at the Maritime Academy will demonstrate strength in character.
They will take responsibility for their actions and develop the skills of resilience, initiative, tenacity, integrity and morality to take safe risks and be courageous. Our students will be determined: demonstrating commitment and perseverance to overcome challenges and barriers to achieve success and be their best selves.
Students at the Maritime Academy will demonstrate pride in attending a Thinking School. They will illustrate pride in their aspirations, achievements, personal qualities and the contributions they make to the school and wider community.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
10 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Athletics
- Book Club
- Chess
- Choir
- Cricket
- Drama
- Football
- Rugby
- Stem
- Thinking Schools
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Eco SchoolsEnvironment
- Eco Schools Green FlagEnvironment
Key facts
- URN
- 149075
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2022
Governing body (12 current, 1 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.4 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ashley Hall Confirmed same person | Shared Chair of Local Governing Body - Establishment | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Derek Morrison Confirmed same person | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Peter Martin Confirmed same person | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Ashley Hall Confirmed same person | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Samantha Field | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Khuzamah Ghanem | Shared Local Governor - Establishment | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Nick Forward | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Helena Ortega | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Matt Evans | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Ashley Hall Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Khadija Jackson | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Kerry Masters | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2024 | |
| Mr Stuart Gardner Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record