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Maidstone Grammar School: data, trends and context

Maidstone Grammar School is a secondary school in Kent. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
118835
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Foundation school
Status
Open
Local authority
Kent
Region
South East
Postcode
ME15 7BT
Gender intake
Boys
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,443
FSM eligible
8.1%
EAL / First language other than English
20.0%
SEND (total)
2.4%
SEN Support
1.8%
EHCP
0.55%
White British
60.6%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
95.3%
Overall absence
4.7%
Persistent absence
9.7%
Severe absence
0.28%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
KentLocal authority91.6%8.4%3.1%
South EastRegion91.5%8.5%2.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
5.1%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
4.3%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
68.4
English & maths grade 5+
92.0%
English & maths grade 4+
99.1%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See Maidstone Grammar School against 25 similar schools

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Maidstone Grammar School is a secondary school in Kent. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.