Maidstone Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 15 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
118835
Address
Barton Road, ME15 7BT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1416 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
93.9%
Girls
6.1%
First language not English
19.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.8%
Persistent absence
13.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
1.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 68.7%
Mixed 7.9%
Other White 7.6%
Other Asian 4.7%
African 3.5%
Indian 2.3%
Other 2.1%
Bangladeshi 1%
Pakistani 0.9%
Unclassified 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.25
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 77%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 86%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 64.8
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.02
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE51
BiologyGCSE114
Business Studies:SingleGCSE68
ChemistryGCSE114
ChineseGCSE1
Classical CivilisationGCSE19
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE50
Design & TechnologyGCSE36
English LanguageGCSE207
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Maidstone Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
205
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
231
2nd preference
154
3rd preference
113
From another Local Authority
87
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
184
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
217
217
0
Year 8
215
215
0
Year 9
198
198
0
Year 10
212
212
0
Year 11
216
216
0
Year 12
183
140
43
Year 13
175
131
44
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
7.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
92.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
78.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
36.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
29.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020