Maidstone Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 67 67.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 67 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 91.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 41.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.50 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	68.4[6]	92%[6]
2023/24	66.6[4]	88.4%[4]	+0.50[4]
2022/23	64.8[7]	86%[7]	+0.25[7]
2021/22	66.8[8]	89%[8]	+0.20[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 22.7% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	B-[10]	12.6%[10]
2022/23	B-[11]	21%[11]
2021/22	B[12]	31.4%[12]
2018/19	B-[13]	18.7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 99% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 82% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 10% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	99%[15]	92%[15]	0%[15]	5%[15]	1%[15]	0%[15]
2020/21	99%[16]	92%[16]	0%[16]	7%[16]	1%[16]	0%[16]
2019/20	99%[17]	90%[17]	0%[17]	8%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]
2018/19	99%[18]	85%[18]	0%[18]	8%[18]	2%[18]	1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 89% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education: 62% 2022/23[19]
Education: 63% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 5% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 20% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	91%[20]	70%[20]	72%[20]	4%[20]	16%[20]
2020/21	92%[21]	63%[21]	64%[21]	5%[21]	24%[21]
2019/20	82%[22]	61%[22]	64%[22]	3%[22]	15%[22]
2018/19	92%[23]	66%[23]	71%[23]	2%[23]	19%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 82% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 40% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 29% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 3% 2019/20[25]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	78%[26]	42%[26]
2019/20	78%[25]	36%[25]	29%[25]	3%[25]
2018/19	85%[27]	40%[27]	31%[27]	1%[27]
2017/18	78%[28]	33%[28]	30%[28]	1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 8 Oct 2024[29]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published: 11 Nov 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: Standards maintained[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
15 Jan 2019[30]	Exempt School Inspection[30]	Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 3.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 629 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 235 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 205 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 1.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	587[31]	204[31]	203[31]	2.9[31]	1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2024	629[31]	231[31]	205[31]	3.1[31]	1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2023	629[31]	267[31]	205[31]	3.1[31]	1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2022	611[31]	268[31]	205[31]	3.0[31]	1.3[31]

Character & practicalities

Type: Foundation school[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Boys[1]
Admissions: Selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1393[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: www.mgs.kent.sch.uk [1]
District: Maidstone [32]
Postcode: ME15 7BT[1]
URN: 118835[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 1415 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 20.1% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 2.1% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 0.3% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 7.9% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 68.7%[34]
Mixed: 9.1%[34]
Asian: 11.9%[34]
Black: 6.9%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 2.8%[34]
Unclassified: 0.5%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

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