Graded inspection · May 2024 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
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 entry954 applications · 236 places offered · 219 named it first
- 2026 4.0; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 4.0; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 4.3; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 4.3; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 3.9; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 4.7; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 5.3; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 4.9; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 4.9; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 5.1; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 4.3; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 4.8; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 4.1; 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 | 236 | 954 | 4.0 | 219 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 239 | 957 | 4.0 | 222 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 238 | 1,024 | 4.3 | 233 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 236 | 1,004 | 4.3 | 214 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2022 | 239 | 934 | 3.9 | 233 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 237 | 1,121 | 4.7 | 170 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2020 | 203 | 1,084 | 5.3 | 246 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2019 | 207 | 1,022 | 4.9 | 227 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 | 209 | 1,024 | 4.9 | 227 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2017 | 181 | 920 | 5.1 | 188 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2016 | 180 | 781 | 4.3 | 106 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2015 | 179 | 860 | 4.8 | 157 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2014 | 178 | 737 | 4.1 | 151 | 0.85 |
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.) | 241 | 36.0 | 17% | 44% | – |
| 2024/25 | 194 | 39.6 | 28% | 58% | – |
| 2023/24 | 206 | 36.7 | 18% | 47% | −0.55 |
| 2022/23 | 209 | 38.1 | 14% | 48% | −0.57 |
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
- The Maplesden Noakes SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20244.0applications per place 36.0Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · KentOutstanding20235.3applications per place 62.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.2 km · Kent20262.9applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · Kent20262.0applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · KentRemains Good20243.8applications per place 66.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.0 km · KentOutstanding20242.8applications per place 70.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.2 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20254.1applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · KentStandards maintained20243.1applications per place 67.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.6 km · KentOutstanding20236.3applications per place 49.1Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137833 · 886/5401
- Trust
- The Maplesden Noakes School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,500 pupils · 1,418 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2012
- Replaced
- The Maplesden Noakes School (URN 118873)
- Address
- Buckland Road, Maidstone, ME16 0TJ
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources