Lenham Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Maidstone · ME17 2LL · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS260%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM30.4%
- Demand0.84
0.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 143954
The Lenham School
Academy sponsor led · Maidstone · ME17 2LL
Ages 11–18 · 820 pupils · Kent
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
38.6
Overall absence
9.8%
Admissions demand
1.02 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2019-11-05
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.32
−20+2
Attainment 838.6
English & maths grade 5+26%
English & maths grade 4+47%
EBacc entry75%
EBacc APS: 3.4
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence9.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)33.5%
Unauthorised2.0%
- Authorised absence
- 7.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 793
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.02 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
156
Places offered
158
1st-preference offers
129
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 419
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 158
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill81%
820 pupils · 1,012 places
- Pupils on roll
- 820
- Boys / girls
- 422 / 398
- School capacity
- 1,012
- Capacity fill
- 820 / 1,012 (81%)
- Free school meals
- 30.6%
- FSM pupils
- 233
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: VALLEY INVICTA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- VALLEY INVICTA ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Valley Invicta Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Robbie Ferguson
Location
- Address
- Ham Lane, Lenham
- Postcode
- ME17 2LL
- Town
- Maidstone
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Maidstone, Kent, 820 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 30.6%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Platts Heath Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Maidstone · ME17 2NH · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS245%
- Absence9.3%
- FSM57.4%
- Demand1.00
1.5 miles away
Harrietsham Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Maidstone · ME17 1JZ · Kent
Ages 4–11
- KS268%
- Absence6.5%
- FSM24.9%
- Demand0.96
2.1 miles away
Other independent special school
Ashford · TN27 0AX · Kent
Ages 5–18
- Att80.6
- EM5+0%
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Robbie Ferguson
- Telephone
- 01622858267