Valley Park School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.541 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Valley Park School is a secondary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 28 January 2025. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Valley Park School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.541 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 Year 7 admissions, the last child offered a place lived 1.541 miles away, the 13th shortest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and in 2023, though it swung sharply between some years.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 223 first-choice applications for 237 offers; 167 offers went to first-choice families and 56 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 25% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 37.6 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Huntsman Lane, Maidstone, ME14 5DT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,555 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 28 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to say that ‘We are Valley Park’ and act out the school’s values of ‘ambition, respect and kindness’.”
- “Pupils agree that the school is a happy and welcoming place to be.”
- “Pupils and sixth-form students have warm relationships with adults built on mutual respect and trust.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, the pupils who are ready for more demanding work are not given work that stretches them appropriately.”
- “This means some pupils are not achieving as highly as they could.”
- “However, the checks some teachers make on pupils’ learning during lessons are not effective enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 25% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 223 first-preference applications, 237 offers in total, 167 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Invicta Grammar School 0.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- School of Science and Technology Maidstone 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Maidstone Grammar School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Maidstone Grammar School for Girls 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Maplesden Noakes School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- New Line Learning Academy 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Augustine Academy 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oakwood Park Grammar School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published