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The Lenham School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 820Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 143954URN

Ham Lane, Lenham, Maidstone, ME17 2LL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodNov 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
0.7 below Kent median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective

372 applications for 158 places · 77th of 103 in Kent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
37.3of 90
77th of 100 in Kent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodNov 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Feb 2025
The graded inspection, 5 November 2019Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 5 February 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 5 November 2019
    Graded inspection: 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 entry
2.4applications per place, Year 7
0.7 below Kent median (3.1) close to England median (2.2)

372 applications · 158 places offered · 149 named it first

  1. 2026 2.4; Kent median median 3.1
  2. 2025 2.6; Kent median median 3.0
  3. 2024 2.7; Kent median median 3.2
  4. 2023 3.1; Kent median median 3.2
  5. 2022 2.6; Kent median median 2.9
  6. 2021 3.9; Kent median median 3.6
  7. 2020 2.9; Kent median median 3.1
  8. 2019 2.6; Kent median median 2.9
  9. 2018 2.0; Kent median median 3.1
  10. 2017 1.8; Kent median median 3.0
  11. 2016 3.5; Kent median median 3.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.9; Kent median median 3.2; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.8; Kent median median 3.1; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Kent median in 1 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Kent median

Dashed bars: as Swadelands School (URN 118793), the previous school.

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261583722.41490.94
Sep 20251564072.61641.05
Sep 20241584192.71560.99
Sep 20231534773.11480.97
Sep 20221543922.61250.81
Sep 20211485733.91591.07
Sep 20201464202.91380.95
Sep 20191503842.61360.91
Sep 20181332642.0900.68
Sep 20171041841.8720.69
Sep 2016 *742613.5520.70
Sep 2015 *1223482.9740.61
Sep 2014 *1423962.81150.81

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

155 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.377th of 100 in Kent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths19%91st of 100 in Kent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths46%
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.32
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15537.319%46%–
2024/2514637.016%43%–
2023/2414538.626%47%−0.32
2022/2314838.320%46%−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

  • 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
143954 · 886/4015
Trust
Valley Invicta Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,012 pupils · 820 on roll
Free school meals
30.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2017
Replaced
Swadelands School (URN 118793)
Address
Ham Lane, Lenham, Maidstone, ME17 2LL
Local authority
Kent · Maidstone

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources