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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 2 May 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 6 February 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 entry607 applications · 160 places offered · 163 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 3.8; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 3.9; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 4.0; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 3.6; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 4.1; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 5.3; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 3.6; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 4.8; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 4.2; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 4.9; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 3.5; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 5.1; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 3.4; 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 | 160 | 607 | 3.8 | 163 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 | 143 | 561 | 3.9 | 141 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 141 | 562 | 4.0 | 121 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 160 | 583 | 3.6 | 125 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2022 | 124 | 502 | 4.1 | 91 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2021 | 128 | 677 | 5.3 | 191 | 1.49 |
| Sep 2020 | 156 | 565 | 3.6 | 107 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2019 | 119 | 565 | 4.8 | 80 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2018 | 119 | 505 | 4.2 | 113 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 | 95 | 467 | 4.9 | 103 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2016 | 159 | 551 | 3.5 | 130 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2015 | 101 | 511 | 5.1 | 80 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2014 | 143 | 481 | 3.4 | 87 | 0.61 |
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.) | 157 | 66.1 | 94% | 99% | – |
| 2024/25 | 158 | 68.9 | 93% | 98% | – |
| 2023/24 | 156 | 64.9 | 96% | 97% | +0.62 |
| 2022/23 | 153 | 66.5 | 92% | 99% | +0.72 |
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
- Oakwood Park Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20243.8applications per place 66.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.1 km · Kent20262.0applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · Kent20262.9applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · KentGood20244.0applications per place 36.0Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · KentOutstanding20235.3applications per place 62.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.3 km · KentStandards maintained20243.1applications per place 67.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.7 km · KentOutstanding20242.8applications per place 70.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.9 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20254.1applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 29.2Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136727 · 886/5422
- Trust
- Oakwood Park Grammar School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,035 pupils · 1,100 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 May 2011
- Replaced
- Oakwood Park Grammar School (URN 118894)
- Address
- Oakwood Park, Maidstone, ME16 8AH
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources