King's Reach Education
St Hilary's House, Reculver Walk, Maidstone, ME15 8SW
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 11 to 25
- Gender
- Boys
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Paul Kirrage
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- Christian
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 15
- Pupils on roll
- 11
- URN
- 149070
- Local authority
- Kent
- Telephone
- 01622693737
About this school
King's Reach Education is a boys' independent special school in Maidstone. It teaches children aged 11 to 25 and has 11 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected King's Reach Education under its current framework. 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
King's Reach Education has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in May 2022, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How King's Reach Education 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 | 8 |
| 2023/24 | 7 |
| 2024/25 | 10 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 11
Location
Nearby schools
-
Five Acre Wood School1.1 miles
Special schools · Maidstone
-
OneSchool Global UK - Maidstone Campus2.2 miles
Independent schools · Maidstone
-
Leigh Academy Snowfields2.2 miles
Free Schools · Maidstone
-
MEPA ACADEMY2.4 miles
Independent schools
-
Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision2.8 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Maidstone
Other schools in Maidstone
- Bower Grove School Special schools
- Earley Springs Special schools
- Five Acre Wood School Special schools
- Leigh Academy Snowfields Free Schools
- Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision Local authority maintained 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 King's Reach Education teach?
- King's Reach Education teaches children aged 11 to 25. It is a special school in Maidstone.
- Who is the headteacher of King's Reach Education?
- The headteacher of King's Reach Education is Headteacher Paul Kirrage, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has King's Reach Education been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected King's Reach Education under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is King's Reach Education?
- King's Reach Education has 11 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 25.
- Is King's Reach Education full?
- King's Reach Education has capacity for 15 pupils and 11 on roll (73%), 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 King's Reach Education a faith school?
- No. King's Reach Education has no designated religious character.
- Is King's Reach Education a selective school?
- No. King's Reach Education is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- What are King's Reach Education's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, King's Reach Education's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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 24 July 2026.