School of Science and Technology Maidstone

Term dates

Free schools can set their own term dates. Many follow Kent council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Kent's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 303 families put this school as their first choice, and 186 places were offered. 167 of the families who put it first got a place (55%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 24 January 2023. Overall: Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Free school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–19

Pupils

1056 (capacity 1200)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

VALLEY INVICTA ACADEMIES TRUST

Phone

01622938444

Address

New Cut Road, Maidstone, ME14 5GQ

Website

sstmaidstone.viat.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports