Secondary
The Maplesden Noakes School
Buckland Road, Maidstone, ME16 0TJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1418 of 1500 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE MAPLESDEN NOAKES SCHOOL
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 87.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 118.4
- Pupils per adult
- 11.9
- Pupils
- 1,411
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 May 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
28%
22 points below the Maidstone average (50% across 12 schools)
39.6
9.5 below the Maidstone average (49.1 across 12 schools)
8th of 12 by our score, among the secondary schools in Maidstone we can score - 15 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 39.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.35 |
| Entered the EBacc | 10% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% |
| A level average points per entry | 25.52 |
| A level students | 117 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 23% |
| 22/23 | 14% |
| 23/24 | 18% |
| 24/25 | 28% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 30.6 |
| 22/23 | 24.1 |
| 23/24 | 22.3 |
| 24/25 | 25.5 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.30 |
| 22/23 | -0.57 |
| 23/24 | -0.55 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.6 |
| 22/23 | 38.1 |
| 23/24 | 36.7 |
| 24/25 | 39.6 |
Buckland Road, Maidstone, ME16 0TJ
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 31 October, 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
- Headteacher
- Tom Newcombe
- Address
- Buckland Road, Maidstone, ME16 0TJ
- Telephone
- 01622759036