Stone Lodge School, Dartford

In its own words: "Endeavour MAT was created to extend opportunities to all students in its care."

In 2026, pupils at Stone Lodge School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 39.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.1 in Kent and 47 across England.

26% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Kent and 47% in England.

That is up from 37.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.15: 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 35.6, against 41.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 5.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 20 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Engineering Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 100 families put Stone Lodge School as their first choice and 460 named it as one of their preferences, for 148 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Stone Lodge School are Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.5); Leigh UTC Dartford (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.3); Dartford Grammar School (1.8 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 78.9); and Dartford Grammar School for Girls (1.9 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 77.3).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Stone Lodge School.

Stone Lodge School is one of 4 schools run by Endeavour MAT, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 58.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 118 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 35% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 17 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 41% went on to university or other higher education and 47% into work.

In 2026, 100 pupils (8.8%) received SEN support and 62 (5.4%) 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 Stone Crossing Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Welsh Tavern (opposite), 320 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Stone Lodge School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 4th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 260 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Kent (101), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Stone Lodge School issued 322 suspensions, 30.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Stone Lodge School are The Brent Primary School (0.3 miles), The Gateway Primary Academy (0.3 miles), Stone St Mary's CofE Primary School (0.7 miles) and St Anselm's Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.