All-through
Bower Grove School
Fant Lane, Maidstone, ME16 8NL
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Foundation special school
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 246 of 225 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 6.7
- Local authority
- Kent
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 110.6
- Pupils per adult
- 2.2
- Pupils
- 241
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2024
Standards maintained
Still graded as at
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
SafeguardingMet
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
0%
8.9
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 106 |
| Average reading score | 110 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
| Attainment 8 | 8.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 0.79 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 7% |
| 23/24 | 0% |
| 24/25 | 0% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 0% |
| 22/23 | 0% |
| 23/24 | 0% |
| 24/25 | 0% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 113.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 110.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -1.09 |
| 23/24 | -1.18 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 7.1 |
| 22/23 | 5.9 |
| 23/24 | 6.2 |
| 24/25 | 8.9 |
Fant Lane, Maidstone, ME16 8NL
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Kent admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head Teacher
- Maz Cleave
- Address
- Fant Lane, Maidstone, ME16 8NL
- Telephone
- 01622726773