The Maplesden Noakes School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.41 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Maplesden Noakes School is a secondary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 May 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Maplesden Noakes 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 | 1.41 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 2024/25, 28% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the A level average grade was C- (England B-).
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.41 miles away, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 219 first-choice applications for 236 offers; 183 went to first-choice families, and 36 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 23.7% of pupils; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent is 13.1%.
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
- Buckland Road, Maidstone, ME16 0TJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,418 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at this inclusive school are friendly and polite.”
- “Staff and pupils talk warmly about belonging to the ‘Maplesden family’.”
- “The school’s values of kindness, empathy and respect underpin all that the school does.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes work is not matched closely enough to pupils’ needs and some teachers do not always make the necessary adjustments to ensure that pupils can learn as much as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2024 (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) | 28% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | 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: 219 first-preference applications, 236 offers in total, 183 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.
- Maidstone Grammar School for Girls 0.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Simon Stock Catholic School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oakwood Park Grammar School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Invicta Grammar School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Valley Park School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Maidstone Grammar School 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- School of Science and Technology Maidstone 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published