Secondary schools in Maidstone
12 secondary schools in Maidstone, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Maidstone in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 12 schools in Maidstone first 2,310 times for 2,334 places: 0.99 first choices per place, against 1.05 across the Kent authority's 103 schools. 5 of the 12 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 6 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.64 miles (St Simon Stock Catholic School) to 5.84 miles (The Lenham School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Invicta Grammar School
- Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
- School of Science and Technology Maidstone
- Cornwallis Academy
- Oakwood Park Grammar School
- The Lenham School
- The Maplesden Noakes School
- Valley Park School
- Maidstone Grammar School
- St Simon Stock Catholic School
- New Line Learning Academy
- St Augustine Academy
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Browse by authority: Kent · compare schools side by side · the map. School data: DfE & Ofsted, Open Government Licence v3.0.