Schools in Maidstone[1]

Local authority district E07000110 · 72 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 99 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 11 (11%)[4]
second 20%: 17 (17%)[4]
middle 20%: 33 (33%)[4]
fourth 20%: 17 (17%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 21 (21%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	9%[4]	16%[4]	31%[4]	25%[4]	18%[4]
Employment	9%[4]	18%[4]	22%[4]	32%[4]	18%[4]
Education and skills	13%[4]	22%[4]	31%[4]	23%[4]	10%[4]
Health and disability	4%[4]	17%[4]	23%[4]	31%[4]	24%[4]
Crime	20%[4]	19%[4]	27%[4]	21%[4]	12%[4]
Housing and services	37%[4]	34%[4]	22%[4]	6%[4]	0%[4]
Living environment	12%[4]	9%[4]	17%[4]	25%[4]	36%[4]
Children in low-income families	10%[4]	18%[4]	29%[4]	23%[4]	19%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 67.4% of 71,210 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 29.9% of 142,158 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 13.4% of 142,113 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Grammar schools (4)

School	Ages	Headline results
Invicta Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 71 2025/26[8] AL B+ 2024/25[9]
Maidstone Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 67 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	11–18[2]	A8 63 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Oakwood Park Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 66 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]

Secondary schools (8)

School	Ages	Headline results
Cornwallis Academy	11–19[2]	A8 37 2025/26[8] AL D 2024/25[9]
New Line Learning Academy	11–16[2]	A8 29 2025/26[8]
School of Science and Technology Maidstone	11–19[2]	A8 49 2025/26[8]
St Augustine Academy	11–16[2]	A8 35 2025/26[8]
St Simon Stock Catholic School	11–18[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
The Lenham School	11–18[2]	A8 37 2025/26[8] AL C 2023/24[10]
The Maplesden Noakes School	11–18[2]	A8 36 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Valley Park School	11–18[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[9]

Primary schools (49)

School	Ages	Headline results
Allington Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[11]
Archbishop Courtenay Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[11]
Barming Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[11]
Boughton Monchelsea Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[11]
Bredhurst Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 90% 2024/25[11]
Brunswick House Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[11]
Coxheath Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[11]
East Farleigh Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[11]
Greenfields Community Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[11]
Harrietsham Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 42% 2024/25[11]
Headcorn Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[11]
Hollingbourne Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[11]
Hunton Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[11]
Jubilee Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[11]
Kingswood Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[11]
Laddingford St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[11]
Leeds and Broomfield Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 7% 2024/25[11]
Leigh Academy Bearsted	3–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[11]
Leigh Academy Langley Park	3–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[11]
Leigh Academy Marden	4–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[11]
Leigh Academy Molehill	3–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[11]
Leigh Academy Oaks	3–11[2]	KS2 89% 2024/25[11]
Leigh Academy Tree Tops	3–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[11]
Lenham Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[11]
Loose Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[11]
Madginford Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[11]
Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[11]
Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[11]
North Borough Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[11]
Palace Wood Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[11]
Park Way Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[11]
Platts Heath Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[11]
Roseacre Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[11]
Sandling Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[11]
Senacre Wood Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[11]
South Borough Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[11]
St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone	4–11[2]
St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School	4–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[11]
St Michael's Church of England Infant School Maidstone	5–7[2]
St Paul's Infant School	4–7[2]
Staplehurst School	4–11[2]
Sutton Valence Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[11]
The Holy Family Catholic Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[11]
Thurnham Church of England Infant School	5–7[2]
Tiger Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[11]
Ulcombe Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 15% 2024/25[11]
Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough	4–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[11]
West Borough Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[11]
Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[11]

Independent schools (4)

School	Ages	Headline results
MEPA ACADEMY	11–16[2]
OneSchool Global UK - Maidstone Campus	7–18[2]
St Helens Montessori School	2–12[2]
Sutton Valence School	2–19[2]	AL B- 2024/25[9]

Special schools and alternative provision (7)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bower Grove School	4–16[2]
Five Acre Wood School	4–19[2]
King's Reach Education	11–25[2]
Leigh Academy Snowfields	11–18[2]
Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision	12–17[2]
Serenity School Maidstone	5–18[2]
The Quest School	5–19[2]

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