Graded inspection · May 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry261 applications · 206 places offered · 91 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.3; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 1.5; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 1.3; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 1.4; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 1.1; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 1.4; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 0.9; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 0.9; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 0.9; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 1.3; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 1.9; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 1.6; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 1.9; Kent median median 3.1
- This school
- Kent median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
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 | 206 | 261 | 1.3 | 91 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2025 | 193 | 288 | 1.5 | 118 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2024 | 203 | 268 | 1.3 | 96 | 0.47 |
| Sep 2023 | 204 | 281 | 1.4 | 140 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2022 | 173 | 190 | 1.1 | 97 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2021 | 146 | 197 | 1.4 | 107 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2020 | 177 | 160 | 0.9 | 81 | 0.46 |
| Sep 2019 | 178 | 156 | 0.9 | 87 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2018 | 175 | 162 | 0.9 | 85 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2017 | 146 | 185 | 1.3 | 75 | 0.51 |
| Sep 2016 | 110 | 206 | 1.9 | 96 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2015 | 148 | 238 | 1.6 | 86 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2014 | 148 | 279 | 1.9 | 135 | 0.91 |
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.) | 138 | 29.2 | 14% | 31% | – |
| 2024/25 | 114 | 32.2 | 18% | 36% | – |
| 2023/24 | 143 | 33.9 | 22% | 42% | −0.79 |
| 2022/23 | 130 | 34.7 | 22% | 46% | −0.66 |
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
- New Line Learning AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 29.2Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · KentStandards maintained20243.1applications per place 67.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.2 km · KentRemains Good20233.2applications per place 37.2Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20254.1applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · KentOutstanding20236.3applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · KentOutstanding20242.8applications per place 70.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.3 km · KentRemains Good20243.8applications per place 66.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.3 km · Kent20262.0applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · Kent20262.9applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135372 · 886/6912
- Trust
- Future Schools Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 826 on roll
- Free school meals
- 50.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 3 September 2007
- Address
- Boughton Lane, Maidstone, ME15 9QL
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources