School of Science and Technology Maidstone
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–19 · Maidstone, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
School of Science and Technology Maidstone is a secondary school in Maidstone, Kent for ages 11–19 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
School of Science and Technology Maidstone 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 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
- For Year 7 in 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1 mile away, the 5th shortest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.82 miles).
- For Year 7, the 2026 last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2023.
- In 2026 the school had 303 first-choice applications for 186 Year 7 offers; 167 offers went to first-choice families and 136 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 5th highest 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
- New Cut Road, Maidstone, ME14 5GQ
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,056 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 24 January 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have exceptionally high expectations for what pupils can achieve.”
- “Leaders put in place carefully planned adaptations and interventions to make sure that pupils can meet those expectations.”
- “Pupils follow a very ambitious curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 March 2023 (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) | 47% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48 | 46 |
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: 303 first-preference applications, 186 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.
- Valley Park School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Invicta Grammar School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Maidstone Grammar School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Maidstone Grammar School for Girls 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Maplesden Noakes School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- New Line Learning Academy 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Augustine Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oakwood Park Grammar School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published