St Simon Stock Catholic School

State-Funded School

st-simon-stock-catholic-school-kent-south-east

South EastRegion

KentLocal Authority

Maidstone and MallingConstituency

ME16 0JPPostcode

6.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Simon Stock Catholic School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Kent, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 1,148 pupils. St Simon Stock Catholic School is part of Kent Catholic Schools' Partnership.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 13 Jan 2026 · published 28 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 46.6
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 46.3%
EBacc average point score: 4.24

Ethnicity

White

67%

Asian

Black

Mixed

10%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,148

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

16%

England average

27%

First language not English

26%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 1,148
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: Kent Catholic Schools' Partnership

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 13 October 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
12 Feb 2010	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.