Oakwood Park Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter · Boys · Kent
Oakwood Park, Maidstone, ME16 8AH
93
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
82%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
95.0%
10.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,100
Capacity used
Over capacity106%
1,035 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
82%
1st preference success rate
116 of 141 families who put it first got an offer
143
Places offered
561
Total applications
3.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 141 | 116 | ● 82% |
| 2nd preference | 190 | 10 | ● 5% |
| 3rd preference | 127 | 5 | ● 4% |
| 4th preference | 103 | 9 | ● 9% |
| Total | 561 | 140 | 25% |
1st preference success by year
Kent lets families list 4 preferences. 62 applications came from outside the council area (15 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Sarah Craig
- Address
- Oakwood Park, Maidstone, ME16 8AH
- Phone
- 01622726683
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward / constituency
- Fant & Oakwood · Maidstone and Malling
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 136727
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 8% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 13% | — | — |
| SEN support | 2% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: OAKWOOD PARK GRAMMAR SCHOOL
1,100 pupils · 1,035 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
02 May 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 796 pupils
Attendance
95.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
10.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 64.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.62 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 96% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 97% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 6.16 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 35.18 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 68.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 93% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 97.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 93.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 6.6 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 158 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 38.5 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 20% | 17% |
| A-level students | 140 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 158 | 60% | 94% | 99% | |
| English Language | 158 | 56% | 92% | 97% | |
| English Literature | 157 | 60% | 95% | 97% | |
| Religious Studies | 156 | 46% | 84% | 89% | |
| Biology | 122 | 61% | 97% | 99% | |
| Physics | 121 | 55% | 92% | 99% | |
| Chemistry | 121 | 64% | 97% | 100% | |
| Geography | 116 | 70% | 95% | 98% | |
| Spanish | 100 | 22% | 72% | 87% | |
| History | 59 | 71% | 97% | 98% | |
| French | 54 | 43% | 74% | 83% | |
| Combined Science | 36 | 19% | 75% | 89% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 62 | 15% | 53% | 74% | |
| Chemistry | 44 | 11% | 30% | 70% | |
| Psychology | 44 | 0% | 9% | 39% | |
| Economics | 43 | 5% | 16% | 63% | |
| Biology | 35 | 11% | 43% | 63% | |
| Geography | 31 | 0% | 10% | 48% | |
| Physics | 28 | 18% | 43% | 64% | |
| Sociology | 27 | 7% | 26% | 74% | |
| English Literature | 15 | 7% | 13% | 40% | |
| History | 14 | 7% | 21% | 64% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 13 | 0% | 8% | 62% | |
| Government and Politics | 12 | 0% | 33% | 83% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11323: Oakwood Park Grammar School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 6 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 60% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 4% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 61% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Kent council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.