St Simon Stock Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.641 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Simon Stock Catholic School is a secondary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
St Simon Stock Catholic 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 | 0.641 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
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 0.641 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years.
- Year 7 2026 had 163 first-choice applications for 187 offers; 153 offers went to first-choice families, and 10 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 46% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%): 4th lowest of 9 schools, this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
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
- Oakwood Park, Maidstone, ME16 0JP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,148 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong to their inclusive and welcoming school.”
- “They feel highly supported by caring staff.”
- “Staff take the time to know their pupils as individuals.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not attend as often as they could.”
- “However, pupils with high prior attainment do not achieve as well as they could.”
- “In the sixth form, students' attainment in national examinations has been below national averages over time.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 March 2026 (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) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.6 | 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: 163 first-preference applications, 187 offers in total, 153 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.
- St Augustine Academy 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oakwood Park Grammar School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Maplesden Noakes School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Maidstone Grammar School for Girls 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Maidstone Grammar School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Invicta Grammar School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Valley Park School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- School of Science and Technology Maidstone 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published