Academy converter · Secondary
Maidstone · ME14 5DT · Kent
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 144716
School of Science and Technology Maidstone
Free schools · Maidstone · ME14 5GQ
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–19
Pupils
1,056
Local authority
Kent
Age range
Ages 11–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed free schools (secondary), Ages 11–19, in Maidstone, Kent, 1,056 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 14%.
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Overview
- School type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 144716
Location
- Address
- New Cut Road
- Postcode
- ME14 5GQ
- Town
- Maidstone
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,056
- Boys / girls
- 673 / 383
- School capacity
- 1,200
- Capacity fill
- 1,056 / 1,200 (88%)
- Free school meals
- 14%
- FSM pupils
- 134
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: VALLEY INVICTA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- VALLEY INVICTA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Valley Invicta Academies Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Ryan Royston
- Telephone
- 01622938444
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2023-01-24
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
6.5%
Persistent absence
16.3%
Unauthorised
1.9%
- Authorised absence
- 4.6%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 783
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 6.2% · Persistent 14.1%
- 2021/22
- Overall 4.5% · Persistent 11.5%