Graded inspection · Jan 2023 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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 entry1,168 applications · 186 places offered · 303 named it first
- 2026 6.3; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 6.2; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 6.2; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 5.8; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 5.7; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 6.4; Kent median median 3.6
- 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 | 186 | 1,168 | 6.3 | 303 | 1.63 |
| Sep 2025 | 182 | 1,129 | 6.2 | 282 | 1.55 |
| Sep 2024 | 183 | 1,142 | 6.2 | 354 | 1.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 189 | 1,103 | 5.8 | 346 | 1.83 |
| Sep 2022 | 185 | 1,050 | 5.7 | 327 | 1.77 |
| Sep 2021 | 188 | 1,202 | 6.4 | 191 | 1.02 |
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.) | 188 | 49.1 | 48% | 78% | – |
| 2024/25 | 190 | 48.0 | 47% | 76% | – |
| 2023/24 | 0 | – | |||
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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
- School of Science and Technology MaidstoneThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20236.3applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20254.1applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 0.6 km · KentOutstanding20242.8applications per place 70.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.3 km · KentStandards maintained20243.1applications per place 67.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.4 km · KentOutstanding20235.3applications per place 62.7Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.6 km · KentGood20244.0applications per place 36.0Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · KentGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 29.2Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Kent20262.0applications per place 35.4Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · KentRemains Good20243.8applications per place 66.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144716 · 886/4019
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 1,056 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2020
- Address
- New Cut Road, Maidstone, ME14 5GQ
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources