Maidstone Grammar School
About the school
Maidstone Grammar School is a state-funded grammar school in South East England.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 9 October 2024
- Published
- 11 November 2024
- Inspection type
- Ungraded inspection
- Latest outcome
- Standards maintained
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 68.4
- Kent
- 46.7
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Kent
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 92.00%
- Kent
- 47.00%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 99.10%
- Kent
- 65.10%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 98.10%
- Kent
- 46.90%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 6.57
- Kent
- 4.18
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- B
Average A-level points
- School
- 38.67
AAB or better
- School
- 22.70%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1415
Girls
5.65%
Boys
94.35%
SEN support
2.05%
Education, health and care plan
0.28%
English as an additional language
20.10%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
7.85%
Overall absence
4.65
Persistent absence
9.71
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
208
Sustained education or employment
99%
Education
95%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
0%
Not sustained
0%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
202
Sustained education or employment
89%
Higher education
62%
Further education
1%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
20%
Admissions
Maidstone Grammar School is a selective school, taking boys at the age of 11 and over based on their 11+ results, and also admits male and female pupils at 16+ based on their GCSE results. The school currently has 1292 pupils and 112 members of staff, with 69 teachers as of the academic year 2018–2019.