Bower Grove SchoolKing's Reach Education
Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Maidstone.
Summary of the comparison
This page compares Bower Grove School and King's Reach Education in Maidstone.
Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Bower Grove School was judged Outstanding and King's Reach Education was judged strong.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Bower Grove School (7.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).
Side-by-side comparison
| Measure | MaidstoneBower Grove School | MaidstoneKing's Reach Education | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Our score | Not scored | Not scored | |
| Local ranking | Not ranked | Not ranked | |
| Inspection | Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure | Ofsted: Strong | |
| School type | Foundation special school | Other independent special school | |
| Age range | 4-16 | 11-25 | |
| Gender | Mixed | Boys | |
| Pupils on roll | 246 | 11 | |
| Capacity | 225 | 15 | |
| Location | Maidstone, ME16 8NL | Maidstone, ME15 8SW | |
| GCSE results | |||
| Attainment 8 | 8.9 | Not reported | 46.0 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0.0% | Not reported | 45.4% |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0.0% | Not reported | 64.8% |
| Entering EBacc | 0.0% | Not reported | 40.5% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.79 | Not reported | 4.09 |
| Cohort | 29 | 1 | |
| Key Stage 2 (SATs) | |||
| Reading, writing & maths at expected standard | 0.0% | Not reported | 62.0% |
| At higher standard | 0.0% | Not reported | 8.0% |
| Reading average scaled score | 110.0 | Not reported | 106.0 |
| Maths average scaled score | 106.0 | Not reported | 105.0 |
| Pupils | |||
| Pupils in the census | 239 | 10 | |
| Free school meals (ever 6) | 69.5% | 0.0% | |
| English as an additional language | 1.3% | Not reported | |
| SEN support | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| SEN with an EHC plan | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| Attendance | |||
| Overall absence | 15.6% | Not reported | 6.2% |
| Persistent absence | 39.7% | Not reported | 15.8% |
marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.
Historical trends
Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.
Pupils on roll
Ethnicity over time
One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.
Bower Grove School
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