The Maplesden Noakes School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D47
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Maidstone, ME16 0TJ
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
Buckland Road, Maidstone, ME16 0SF
Local ranking9th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1240
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Girls
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 7 March 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 62.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 82.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 96.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 176
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 98.0%
- Continued in education
- 96.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Higher education
- 59.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 17.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
36.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
36.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
184
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 12.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 34.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 358
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1274
- Boys
- 56 (4%)
- Girls
- 1198 (96%)
- Capacity
- 1240 (101% full)
- SEND
- 5.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 9.9%
- EAL
- 11.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.3%
- SEN Support
- 5.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,418/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 70.9%
- Black African: 8.3%
- White Other: 4.9%
- Mixed Other: 3.2%
- Asian Indian: 3.1%
- Asian Other: 1.6%
- Other: 1.5%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.3%
70.9%
White British
8.3%
Black African
4.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 118836
- UKPRN
- 10004157
- Establishment No.
- 4523
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