Joining Us
Year 4 and 5 Taster Events
Each year we run taster sessions for local year 4 and 5 students.
The aim of the sessions is to give pupils a taste of what it is like to learn at RMGS as well as give pupils some confidence as they start thinking about secondary schools in the next couple of years.
The sessions are a great opportunity to see our school. These events are not linked to the Medway test or our admissions policy, it is just an opportunity to visit our school and sample some of what we do here at RMGS.
Here are the sessions for summer 2025:
Year 4 Taster Sessions:
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Creative Writing |
Food Preparation and Nutrition |
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Tuesday 10th June |
Tuesday 17th June |
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Mystery Masters: Writing Whodunit Stories |
Making Muffin Pizzas |
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Get ready, junior detectives! In this fun and interactive session, you'll read a short mystery, examine clues, and decide WHODUNIT! Then, you'll put on your detective hats and write the thrilling conclusion yourself! |
Knife skills and using the grill, chopping vegetables, creating a healthy and tasty pizza. |
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Computing |
Drama |
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Tuesday 8th July |
Tuesday 24th June |
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Alice Animation |
Grease is the Word!' |
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Learn to program using interactive 3D graphics. You will be able to create your own animation and use these skills when you go home to impress your friends. |
Join the RMGS Expressive Arts team to put on your own mini showcase to your friends. Acting, singing and dancing! |
All the above sessions will run from 2pm until 3:15pm.
Year 5 Taster Lessons:
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Science |
11.06.2025 |
“Who done it?” Basic scientific investigative practical involving chromatography to work out the suspect |
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18.06.2025 |
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Maths |
17.06.2025 |
Post-it Tessellation; Number fun Create colourful tessellations with a post-it note; investigate order of operations and number facts
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23.06.2025 |
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Physical Education |
25.06.25 |
Netball & Basketball 1) Netball skills and matches 2) Basketball skills and matches
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Spanish |
19.06.25 |
Calendar project Fun with days and months and other language sessions
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French |
26.06.25 |
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German |
19.06.25 |
All the above sessions will run from 2pm until 3:15pm.
Year 5 Taster Morning:
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Booking Link |
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Mixed subjects |
07.07.2025 08:30am to 12:30pm |
The morning will consist 3 different workshops across our school, the chance to sample some of our canteen cuisine, and an opportunity to see our school
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Transition to Year 7
We always look forward to welcoming our new Year 7s, and we will be providing some resources on this page to help with your transition to Rainham Mark Grammar School.
The first day of term for our new Year 7 students will be Tuesday 2nd September 2025. Further details about the arrangements for this day will be communicated shortly.
Here are some of our planned activities to help you transition to secondary school:
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Thursday 1st May: |
New Year 7 Quiz Night |
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Monday 9th June: |
Senior Leadership Team Meetings with Year 6 Parents |
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Thursday 12th June: |
Disco Bench Ball |
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Thursday 26th June: |
Year 6 Information Evening |
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Thursday 3rd July: |
Year 6 Transition Day |
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Throughout terms 5 and 6: |
Welcome visits by our Head of Year 7 |
School Uniform 
School-branded or non-branded items - available from:
- School Time https://schooltime.co.uk/
- Monkhouse https://www.monkhouse.com/
School Uniform for Years 7-11
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PE Kit for Years 7-11
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**indicates our compulsory branded items
Please mark everything with name labels.
Click here to view our School Uniform Policy
Joining our Sixth Form
RMGS has a large and vibrant Sixth Form with over 350 students. The majority of Year 11 students elect to stay on in our Sixth Form and each year approximately 30 new students join the Sixth Form.
Examination success is important to RMGS, but students and staff know that the development of positive character traits are equally as important. At the heart of the RMGS Sixth Form are four core pillars: empathy; appreciation; intellectual curiosity; academic ambition. Our mission statement is simple and two-pronged: ‘Empathy and Excellence’.
We want to develop appreciative and empathetic learners. We want to foster intellectual curiosity and academic ambition.
Please click here to view the Sixth Form area of our website where you will find course information and details of the enrolment process.
Working for Us
What can RMGS offer you?
Rainham Mark Grammar School provides an enriching co-educational experience where students are nurtured to develop their leadership skills and creativity. We are a school for every academically able young person regardless of social-economic background, ethnicity, or gender, with additional support and bursaries where they are needed. Our success is based on our high expectations. Our students and staff are motivated; they inspire and challenge each other to be the best version of themselves. We believe our students are simply the best of their generation, it is a privilege to work with them. Rainham Mark Grammar School is a happy place to learn and to grow, we encourage you to visit and experience our community.
Our school was judged “Good” by Ofsted in 2022 but we are firmly of the belief that we have the potential to be exceptional. There is much to achieve in an ever-changing education landscape.
Benefits of Working for Rainham Mark Education Trust:
- Free Private Healthcare Cover - Benenden Healthcare (on contracts over 15 hours per week)
- Free Health Checks
- Free Flu Jabs
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- High quality CPD opportunities
- Discounted gym membership at Avenue Tennis, Gillingham
- Access to Mental Health First Aiders
- Onsite free parking
- A Trust committed to achieving a healthy work/life balance
Please click here to view our current vacancies
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