Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision
8 Bower Mount Road, Maidstone, ME16 8AU
- Phase
- Local authority maintained schools
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 12 to 17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Stacie Smith
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 52
- Pupils on roll
- 1
- URN
- 135465
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01622753772
About this school
Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision is a special school in Maidstone. It teaches children aged 12 to 17 and has 1 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Trends over time
How Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 1 |
| 2024/25 | 1 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report5 March 2025
- 5 November 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 100%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
Location
Nearby schools
-
MEPA ACADEMY0.7 miles
Independent schools
-
Serenity School Maidstone0.8 miles
Special schools · Maidstone
-
Bower Grove School0.9 miles
Special schools · Maidstone
-
Five Acre Wood School2.1 miles
Special schools · Maidstone
-
St Helens Montessori School2.1 miles
Independent schools · Maidstone
Other schools in Maidstone
- Bower Grove School Special schools
- Earley Springs Special schools
- Five Acre Wood School Special schools
- King's Reach Education Special schools
- Leigh Academy Snowfields Free Schools
- Serenity School Maidstone Special schools
- Allington Primary School Primary
- Archbishop Courtenay Primary School Primary
- Barming Primary School Primary
- Boughton Monchelsea Primary School Primary
- Brunswick House Primary School Primary
- Coxheath Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision teach?
- Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision teaches children aged 12 to 17. It is a special school in Maidstone.
- Who is the headteacher of Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision?
- The headteacher of Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision is Mrs Stacie Smith, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision?
- Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision has 1 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 12 to 17.
- Is Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision full?
- Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision has capacity for 52 pupils and 1 on roll (2%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision a faith school?
- No. Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision has no designated religious character.
- Does Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.