Cornwallis Academy, Maidstone

In 2026, pupils at Cornwallis Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 37.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.1 in Kent and 47 across England.

27% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Kent and 47% in England.

That is down from 38.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.33: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 29.5, against 41.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 283 families put Cornwallis Academy as their first choice and 635 named it as one of their preferences, for 201 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 98 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Cornwallis Academy are New Line Learning Academy (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 29.2); Maidstone Grammar School (2.4 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 67); Oakwood Park Grammar School (2.8 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 66.1); and St Augustine Academy (2.9 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 35.4).

Cornwallis Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Cornwallis Academy is one of 3 schools run by Future Schools Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 218 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 77% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 33% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 5% into work.

Of the 163 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 25% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 32% into work. 3% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

8.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (79%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 233 pupils (16.6%) received SEN support and 37 (2.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is East Farleigh Rail Station, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cornwallis Academy (in), 70 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 34 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Kent (101).

In 2024/25, Cornwallis Academy issued 37 suspensions, 2.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Cornwallis Academy are Boughton Monchelsea Primary School (0.6 miles), Loose Primary School (0.9 miles), Coxheath Primary School (1 mile) and Tiger Primary School (1.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.