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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 9 October 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 15 January 2019Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry629 applications · 205 places offered · 235 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 3.1; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 2.9; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 3.1; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 3.1; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 3.0; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 3.9; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 2.9; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 2.8; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 2.6; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 2.4; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 3.4; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 3.0; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 3.0; Kent median median 3.1
- This school
- Kent median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 205 | 629 | 3.1 | 235 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2025 | 203 | 587 | 2.9 | 204 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 205 | 629 | 3.1 | 231 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2023 | 205 | 629 | 3.1 | 267 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2022 | 205 | 611 | 3.0 | 268 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2021 | 191 | 740 | 3.9 | 250 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2020 | 202 | 584 | 2.9 | 271 | 1.34 |
| Sep 2019 | 204 | 564 | 2.8 | 245 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2018 | 204 | 524 | 2.6 | 231 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 | 205 | 489 | 2.4 | 212 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2016 | 175 | 591 | 3.4 | 231 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2015 | 175 | 525 | 3.0 | 242 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2014 | 173 | 514 | 3.0 | 244 | 1.41 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 197 | 67.0 | 91% | 98% | – |
| 2024/25 | 212 | 68.4 | 92% | 99% | – |
| 2023/24 | 216 | 66.6 | 88% | 99% | +0.50 |
| 2022/23 | 208 | 64.8 | 86% | 97% | +0.25 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Maidstone Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20243.1applications per place 67.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.1 km · KentOutstanding20242.8applications per place 70.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.1 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20254.1applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · KentOutstanding20236.3applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 29.2Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · KentOutstanding20235.3applications per place 62.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.2 km · KentGood20244.0applications per place 36.0Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Kent20262.0applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · KentRemains Good20243.8applications per place 66.1Attainment 8 Selective
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- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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