Cornwallis AcademyOakwood Park Grammar School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Maidstone.

Summary of the comparison

Cornwallis Academy and Oakwood Park Grammar School are secondary schools in Maidstone.

  • Cornwallis Academy scores 48 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Oakwood Park Grammar School scores 75 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Oakwood Park Grammar School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Cornwallis Academy was judged Good and Oakwood Park Grammar School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 38.6 for Cornwallis Academy and 68.9 for Oakwood Park Grammar School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Cornwallis Academy (39.9 in 2021-22, 38.6 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Oakwood Park Grammar School (68.4 in 2021-22, 68.9 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Cornwallis Academy versus Oakwood Park Grammar School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure MaidstoneCornwallis AcademyMaidstoneOakwood Park Grammar SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD48/100B75/100Stronger figure
Local ranking75th of 102 in Kent 17th of 102 in Kent Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-19 11-18
GenderMixed Boys
Pupils on roll1,328 1,088
Capacity1,825 1,035
LocationMaidstone, ME17 4HX Maidstone, ME16 8AH
GCSE results
Attainment 838.6 68.9 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths35.8% 93.0% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths61.5% 97.5% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc18.4% 93.7% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score3.24 6.60 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort179 158
A-level results
A-level entries72 140
A-level average points18.9 38.5 Stronger figure35.0
A-level average gradeD B
Best 3 A-levels points17.7 38.4 Stronger figure35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects0.0% 20.0% Stronger figure17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,328 1,088
Free school meals (ever 6)35.4% 7.6%
English as an additional language11.0% 14.6%
SEN support15.4% 1.8%
SEN with an EHC plan2.6% 0.5%
Attendance
Overall absence9.7% 5.0% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence33.1% 10.3% Stronger figure15.8%

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.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Cornwallis Academy

Oakwood Park Grammar School

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