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New Line Learning Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Boughton Lane, Maidstone ME15 9QL · newlinelearning.com · 01622 743286
On the mapSearch near ME15 9QL
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 32.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Kent 46.7, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.4
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 826
- 79% of 1,050 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 50.8%
- First language not English
- 12%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Future Schools Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 91 families put the school first and 206 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 206 | 91 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 193 | 118 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 203 | 96 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 204 | 140 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 173 | 97 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 32.2, and 17.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Kent it was 46.7, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼32.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼17.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼36.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼28.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.66 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 28 | +0.1 |
| Sixth form college | 0.7 | — |
| Further education | 42 | −5.7 |
| Other education | 0.7 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 2.1 | −1.5 |
| Employment | 3.5 | −6.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.1 | +2.8 |
| Activity not captured | 14 | +9.5 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected New Line Learning Academy on 13 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 13 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
- Mar 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Oct 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Feb 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (59 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 64%
- Replies
- 59
- 7% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 90% who raised concerns
based on the 58% who had a child bullied
based on 20 parents (34%) with SEND