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The Lenham School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 37 37.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2023/24[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
37.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
18.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.32 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 37[6] 15.8%[6]
2023/24 38.6[4] 25.5%[4] -0.32[4]
2022/23 38.3[7] 20%[7] -0.25[7]
2021/22 38.9[8] 24%[8] -0.32[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2023/24[3]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[9]
School sixth form
29% 2022/23[9]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[9]
Further education college
51% 2022/23[9]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[9]
Employment
6% 2022/23[9]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[10] 27%[10] 0%[10] 47%[10] 4%[10] 8%[10]
2020/21 90%[11] 27%[11] 0%[11] 48%[11] 4%[11] 10%[11]
2019/20 90%[12] 40%[12] 0%[12] 46%[12] 3%[12] 1%[12]
2018/19 90%[13] 49%[13] 0%[13] 27%[13] 6%[13] 6%[13]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
63% 2022/23[14]
UK higher education
25% 2022/23[14]
Education
25% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[14]
Employment
31% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 83%[15] 28%[15] 28%[15] 11%[15] 44%[15]
2020/21 75%[16] 11%[16] 11%[16] 4%[16] 61%[16]
2019/20 78%[17] 15%[17] 30%[17] 26%[17] 22%[17]
2018/19 71%[18] 14%[18] 14%[18] 14%[18] 43%[18]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
43% 2021/22[19]
Top third of most selective universities
0% 2021/22[19]
Russell Group universities
0% 2019/20[20]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[20]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 13%[21] 0%[21]
2019/20 14%[20] 0%[20] 0%[20] 0%[20]
2018/19 7%[22] 0%[22] 0%[22] 0%[22]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
4 Feb 2025[23]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[23]
Report published
11 Mar 2025[23]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[23]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[23]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
5 Nov 2019[24] Academy First Section 5[24] Good[24]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[25]
Applications (any preference)
372 Entry Sept 2026[25]
First preferences
149 Entry Sept 2026[25]
Places offered
158 Entry Sept 2026[25]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[25]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 407[25] 164[25] 156[25] 2.6[25] 1.1[25]
Entry Sept 2024 419[25] 156[25] 158[25] 2.7[25] 1.0[25]
Entry Sept 2023 477[25] 148[25] 153[25] 3.1[25] 1.0[25]
Entry Sept 2022 392[25] 125[25] 154[25] 2.5[25] 0.8[25]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1012[1]
Trust
VALLEY INVICTA ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
www.thelenham.viat.org.uk[1]
District
Maidstone[26]
Postcode
ME17 2LL[1]
URN
143954[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
826 2024/25[27]
English as an additional language
3.8% 2024/25[27]
SEN support
18.2% 2024/25[27]
EHC plan
3.6% 2024/25[27]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
30.4% 2024/25[27]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
93.2%[28]
Mixed
4%[28]
Asian
0.1%[28]
Black
1.7%[28]
Any other ethnic group
0.4%[28]
Unclassified
0.6%[28]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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