Graded inspection · Oct 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry460 applications · 148 places offered · 100 named it first
- 2026 3.1; Kent median median 3.1
- 2025 2.9; Kent median median 3.0
- 2024 3.0; Kent median median 3.2
- 2023 3.7; Kent median median 3.2
- 2022 3.1; Kent median median 2.9
- 2021 4.1; Kent median median 3.6
- 2020 5.1; 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 | 148 | 460 | 3.1 | 100 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2025 | 231 | 659 | 2.9 | 209 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2024 | 236 | 704 | 3.0 | 233 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 233 | 857 | 3.7 | 311 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2022 | 224 | 702 | 3.1 | 254 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2021 | 177 | 728 | 4.1 | 233 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2020 | 115 | 591 | 5.1 | 167 | 1.45 |
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.) | 169 | 39.5 | 26% | 50% | – |
| 2024/25 | 124 | 37.6 | 23% | 50% | – |
| 2023/24 | 118 | 44.9 | 44% | 68% | −0.15 |
| 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
- Stone Lodge SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20233.1applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · KentRemains Good20232.8applications per place 46.5Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Kent20262.9applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · KentOutstanding20228.8applications per place 78.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.1 km · Kent20267.1applications per place 77.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.1 km · Kent20263.9applications per place 47.1Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · KentNot yet inspected2.1applications per place
- 3.7 km · Thurrock20262.3applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · KentGood20225.2applications per place 65.3Attainment 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
- 147059 · 886/4024
- Trust
- Endeavour MAT
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,450 pupils · 1,139 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 2 September 2019
- Address
- Stone Lodge Road, Dartford, DA2 6FY
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources