Bower Grove School
Special schoolBower Grove School is a special school in Maidstone, for pupils aged 4 to 16. It had 246 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, November 2024
Before that: Outstanding (overall), September 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 18 September 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 20 November 2024
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Bower Grove School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Kent and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Bower Grove School was 9.1, against 46.5 in Maidstone and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Maidstone | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 9.1 | 46.5 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 46.5% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 6.7% | 65.2% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 30 | – | – |
- Bower Grove School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Jubilee Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)250 m
- West Borough Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2022. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)330 m
- Oakwood Park Grammar SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, May 2024. Attainment 8 of 66.1 (2025/26, provisional)770 m
- St Augustine AcademySecondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 35.4 (2025/26, provisional)850 m
- St Simon Stock Catholic SchoolSecondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 42.0 (2025/26, provisional)910 m
- St Francis' Catholic Primary School, MaidstonePrimary. Good (overall), March 2024, before the school changed910 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Maidstone
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).