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New Line Learning Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 29 29.2 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
29.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
13.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
2.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.79 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 32.2[5] 17.5%[5]
2023/24 33.9[3] 21.7%[3] -0.79[3]
2022/23 34.7[6] 22%[6] -0.66[6]
2021/22 36.5[7] 21%[7] -0.67[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
29% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
45% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[8]
Employment
7% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[9] 28%[9] 0%[9] 48%[9] 4%[9] 11%[9]
2020/21 82%[10] 20%[10] 0%[10] 48%[10] 2%[10] 11%[10]
2019/20 82%[11] 22%[11] 0%[11] 52%[11] 2%[11] 5%[11]
2018/19 89%[12] 27%[12] 1%[12] 50%[12] 4%[12] 7%[12]

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
13 May 2025[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
18 Jun 2025[13]
Personal development
Good[13]
Quality of education
Requires improvement[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
12 Nov 2019[14] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3[14] Good[14]
7 Mar 2019[15] Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1[15] No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference)
261 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences
91 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered
206 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place
0.4 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 288[16] 118[16] 193[16] 1.5[16] 0.6[16]
Entry Sept 2024 268[16] 96[16] 203[16] 1.3[16] 0.5[16]
Entry Sept 2023 281[16] 140[16] 204[16] 1.4[16] 0.7[16]
Entry Sept 2022 190[16] 97[16] 173[16] 1.1[16] 0.6[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1050[1]
Trust
FUTURE SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
https://www.newlinelearning.com/[1]
District
Maidstone[17]
Postcode
ME15 9QL[1]
URN
135372[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
819 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
13.8% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
16.6% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
4.4% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
48.7% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
83.4%[19]
Mixed
7.6%[19]
Asian
3.1%[19]
Black
4.4%[19]
Any other ethnic group
0.8%[19]
Unclassified
0.6%[19]

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.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.