Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 13 January 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 13 October 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry545 applications · 187 places offered · 163 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.9; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 3.1; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 3.4; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 3.9; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 2.8; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 3.9; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 4.0; Kent median median 3.1
- 2019 3.7; Kent median median 2.9
- 2018 3.6; Kent median median 3.1
- 2017 4.0; Kent median median 3.0
- 2016 3.4; Kent median median 3.3
- 2015 3.4; Kent median median 3.2
- 2014 2.9; 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 | 187 | 545 | 2.9 | 163 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2025 | 178 | 558 | 3.1 | 154 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2024 | 175 | 587 | 3.4 | 182 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2023 | 169 | 656 | 3.9 | 175 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2022 | 172 | 474 | 2.8 | 142 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2021 | 179 | 701 | 3.9 | 155 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2020 | 173 | 694 | 4.0 | 197 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2019 | 174 | 638 | 3.7 | 185 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2018 | 176 | 631 | 3.6 | 199 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 | 176 | 697 | 4.0 | 225 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2016 | 178 | 605 | 3.4 | 184 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2015 | 164 | 552 | 3.4 | 158 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 | 165 | 481 | 2.9 | 163 | 0.99 |
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.) | 176 | 42.0 | 31% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 175 | 46.6 | 46% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 178 | 47.9 | 44% | 71% | +0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 183 | 43.9 | 31% | 61% | −0.16 |
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
- St Simon Stock Catholic SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.9applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 0.3 km · Kent20262.0applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · KentRemains Good20243.8applications per place 66.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.2 km · KentGood20244.0applications per place 36.0Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · KentOutstanding20235.3applications per place 62.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.5 km · KentStandards maintained20243.1applications per place 67.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.8 km · KentOutstanding20242.8applications per place 70.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.0 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20254.1applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 3.4 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
- 140537 · 886/5432
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,140 pupils · 1,148 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2014
- Replaced
- St Simon Stock Catholic School (URN 118904)
- Address
- Oakwood Park, Maidstone, ME16 0JP
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources