New Line Learning Academy
Maidstone, ME15 9QL · Kent · secondary school
94th of 99 secondary schools in Kent we can score, 103 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 0.7/10 against 381 of them, against 0.4/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 17.5 · 2 | 46% | 0.10 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | -0.79 · 6 | 38% | 0.23 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 32.2 · 2 | 15% | 0.04 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. In 2024/25, 17.5% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 32.2, against a national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -0.79 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did worse than those nationally who started from the same place. Its results are much the same when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so the gap is not explained by intake (0.7 out of 10 against similar schools, 0.4 out of 10 against all schools).
Beyond the classroom. Pupils join the Drama Studio, Maths Challenge, and Science and Technology Challenge Day. Sports include football, netball, and the Duke of Edinburgh Award. The arts programme features productions such as *The Lion King* and *Blood Brothers*. Trips include visits to Berlin, Pompeii, and Tate Modern.
Getting in. The school has 819 pupils in a capacity of 1050, leaving 231 spare places. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to close the attainment gap with the national median? What specific measures are in place to improve Progress 8 scores? How do the smaller class sizes resulting from spare places affect individual teaching time?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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