Oakwood Park Grammar School, Maidstone

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include multi-sports, STEM and philosophy.

In 2026, pupils at Oakwood Park Grammar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 66.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.1 in Kent and 47 across England.

94% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Kent and 47% in England.

That is down from 68.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.62: pupils made well above 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 60.8, against 66.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 5.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Biology and Physics.

Oakwood Park Grammar School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 163 families put Oakwood Park Grammar School as their first choice and 607 named it as one of their preferences, for 160 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 35 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Oakwood Park Grammar School admits pupils through an entrance test - in Kent, the Kent Test. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Oakwood Park Grammar School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Kent's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Kent has 32 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Oakwood Park Grammar School are St Augustine Academy (under 0.1 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 35.4); St Simon Stock Catholic School (0.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42); The Maplesden Noakes School (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36); and Maidstone Grammar School for Girls (0.9 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 62.7).

Oakwood Park Grammar School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 156 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 5% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 134 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 68% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 15% into work. 25% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

7.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 36 pupils (3.3%) received SEN support and 5 (0.5%) 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 autism.

The nearest railway station is Maidstone West Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Oakwood Park Grammar School (outside), 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 288 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Kent (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Oakwood Park Grammar School issued 83 suspensions, 7.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Oakwood Park Grammar School are St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone (0.3 miles); West Borough Primary School (0.3 miles); St Michael's Church of England Infant School Maidstone (0.6 miles); and Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.