Invicta Grammar School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
A85
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Maidstone, ME14 5DS
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Valley Park School
Huntsman Lane, Maidstone, ME14 5DT
Local ranking70th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1157
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 28 January 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 28 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 264
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 45.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 33.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
22.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
27.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
118
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 4.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 24.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 309
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1595
- Boys
- 687 (44%)
- Girls
- 868 (56%)
- Capacity
- 1157 (134% full)
- SEND
- 13.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.8%
- EAL
- 20.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 11.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,437/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
- 7.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 64.6%
- White Other: 10.7%
- Mixed Other: 4.7%
- Black African: 4.5%
- Other: 3.5%
- Asian Other: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
64.6%
White British
10.7%
White Other
4.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Huntsman Lane
Maidstone, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 136581
- UKPRN
- 10033421
- Establishment No.
- 4249
- Trust
- VALLEY INVICTA ACADEMIES TRUST
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