Stone Lodge School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–19 · Dartford, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Stone Lodge School is a secondary school in Dartford, Kent for ages 11–19 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 October 2023. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Stone Lodge 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 27 of the 99 other Kent secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out (a last distance was published) in all 3 earlier years of Year 7 entry, though every applicant was offered a place in 2026.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry there were 100 first-choice applications for 148 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 13th lowest of 99 Kent secondary schools.
- 23% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), the 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
- Stone Lodge Road, Dartford, DA2 6FY
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,139 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 October 2023
Strengths
- “Stone Lodge is a highly inclusive school where pupils and sixth-form students thrive.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are happy and safe here.”
- “Pupils know that adults will always help them if they have a problem.”
To improve
- “However, in just a couple of subjects, some pupils have not grasped the basics and do not recall the key learning.”
- “This means that they do not have firm foundations on which to build their learning further.”
- “For example, while the school has plans to expand the sixth-form enrichment offer, it is currently relatively limited.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 November 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) | 23% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.6 | 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: 100 first-preference applications, 148 offers in total, 100 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.
- Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh UTC Dartford 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dartford Grammar School 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Dartford Grammar School for Girls 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dartford Science & Technology College 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wilmington Grammar School for Girls 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Wilmington Grammar School for Boys 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leigh Academy Wilmington 2.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published