Secondary
School of Science and Technology Maidstone
New Cut Road, Maidstone, ME14 5GQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1056 of 1200 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- VALLEY INVICTA ACADEMIES TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2023
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
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
47%
48.0
5th 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 | 48 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.46 |
| Entered the EBacc | 72% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% |
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.
New Cut Road, Maidstone, ME14 5GQ
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
- Ryan Royston
- Address
- New Cut Road, Maidstone, ME14 5GQ
- Telephone
- 01622938444