The Lenham School
Maidstone, ME17 2LL · Kent · secondary school
71st 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 — 0.8/10 against 815 of them, against 1.2/10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofsted | 52 | 35% | 1.81 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 15.8 · 1 | 30% | 0.04 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | -0.32 · 26 | 25% | 0.64 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 37.0 · 10 | 10% | 0.10 |
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. The school is rated Good by Ofsted, inspected in 2025-03. In 2024/25, 15.8% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 37.0, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -0.32 in 2023/24, meaning 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 (0.8 out of 10 against similar schools, 1.2 out of 10 against all schools).
Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join the Duke of Edinburgh Award (Bronze & Silver), Year 11 revision sessions, and football. They also participate in the Children in Need Dance Dash and visit Herne Bay, Leeds Castle, the Nautilus Sea Life Centre in France, First World War trenches in Belgium, Cadbury World, Chessington, Dover Castle, and Go Ape at Leeds Castle.
Getting in. There are 826 pupils in a school with 1012 places, leaving 186 spare places. 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 gap between their Attainment 8 score and the national median? What specific strategies are used to improve Progress
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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