In 2008, it was one of forty schools in Kent and Medway ordered to raise this figure to the government target of 30% within three years, or face closure.

After being put in special measures in 2009 it joined The Williamson Trust and reopened as an academy on 1 September 2011.

[15] Schools endeavour to get all students to achieve the English Baccalaureate (EBACC) qualification - this must include core subjects a modern or ancient foreign language, and either History or Geography.

Hoo is a candidate school for the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP).

Almost all will select history or geography and French or Spanish at GCSE.. BTECs are offered in Enterprise and Marketing, Health and Social Care, Creative iMedia, Performing Arts, Health and Fitness, and Travel and Tourism.

[18] Key Stage 5 offered A level courses in 2020 in maths, Sociology, Psychology, English Literature, Film Studies, History, Politics and Geography, Art, Media Studies, Photography, Textiles at 'A' level.

This was supported by vocational courses in Business Studies, Health and Social Care (Single and Double certificate), ICT – Digital iMedia, Public Services, Sport, Applied Science, Criminology, Travel and Tourism.

[19] The school has a specialist resource base called the St Werburgh Centre (SWC), which caters for 64 pupils who have autistic spectrum disorder.