including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make at least good progress between Year 7 and 11 to attain well above the national average consistently in GCSE examinations. Highly effective leadership and management, accurate self-evaluation and an unswerving commitment to the success of every student underpin the school’s excellent capacity for sustaining high performance and driving improvement....The outstanding, well-tailored curriculum supports students’ high attainment, widens their horizons and inspires them to aim high. The school’s specialisms are used very effectively to enrich provision and encourage students to explore the limits of their potential".

Meanwhile, at the other end of town, we learn that Mr David Argent, Headteacher of Maidstone Grammar School, is leaving his post in August after just three difficult years at MGS, suggesting further upheaval will be in train. 

Congratulations also, to two other Kent primary schools: Bredhust CofE Primary north of Maidstone, and Lyminge CofE Primary, at the other end of the county near Folkestone who both also achieved Outstanding OFSTED Reports. This keeps Kent's proportion of Outstanding Primary Schools above the national average, but sadly, the number of satisfactory rather than good schools has also increased, maintaining  its proportion of good or outstanding schools still significantly below national averages. 

OFSTED CATEGORIES: PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL NUMBER OF SCHOOLS INSPECTED (in a period of approximately 21 months for Kent, 12 months for England)