Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B79
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Maidstone, ME16 0SF
- Distance
- 0.2km away
The Maplesden Noakes School
Buckland Road, Maidstone, ME16 0TJ
Local ranking76th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1500
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 1 May 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 36.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 16.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 44.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 241
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 35.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 46.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
25.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
25.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
117
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 26.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 262
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1421
- Boys
- 692 (49%)
- Girls
- 726 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1500 (95% full)
- SEND
- 13.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.6%
- EAL
- 15.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 11.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 87.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,233/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
- 9.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.2% 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: 74.8%
- White Other: 9.4%
- Mixed Other: 2.6%
- Other: 2.4%
- Black African: 1.8%
- Asian Other: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Black Other: 1.1%
74.8%
White British
9.4%
White Other
2.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Buckland Road
Maidstone, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 137833
- UKPRN
- 10036261
- Establishment No.
- 5401
- Trust
- THE MAPLESDEN NOAKES SCHOOL
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