Schools and Education in Detling

There are 100 schools within 5 miles of Detling town centre, including 59 primary and 16 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 98% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Leigh Academy Bearsted, Leigh Academy Snowfields and School of Science and Technology Maidstone. There is 1 school rated below Good, making individual research important for families.

Total Schools
100
Primary
59
Secondary
16
Good / Outstanding
98%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

12
47
Outstanding (12) Good (47) Requires Improvement (1) Not yet inspected (40)
Leigh Academy Bearsted Primary 1.2 miles Bearsted Road, Weavering, Maidstone, ME14 5GA Inspected: 13 March 2023 Leigh Academy Snowfields 1.2 miles Bearsted Road, Maidstone, ME14 5GA Inspected: 15 September 2023 School of Science and Technology Maidstone Secondary 1.6 miles New Cut Road, Maidstone, ME14 5GQ Inspected: 13 March 2023 Invicta Grammar School Secondary 2.2 miles Huntsman Lane, Maidstone, ME14 5DS Inspected: 24 May 2024 Maidstone Grammar School for Girls Secondary 2.9 miles Buckland Road, Maidstone, ME16 0SF Inspected: 10 May 2023 Allington Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Hildenborough Crescent, London Road, Maidstone, ME16 0PG Inspected: 30 September 2022 Leigh Academy Oaks Primary 3.6 miles Oak Tree Avenue, Maidstone, ME15 9AX Inspected: 16 November 2021 Bower Grove School 4.2 miles Fant Lane, Maidstone, ME16 8NL Inspected: 20 December 2024 Jubilee Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Gatland Lane, Maidstone, ME16 8PF Inspected: 29 November 2023 Bradfields Academy 4.5 miles Churchill Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0LB Inspected: 25 January 2023 The Rowans 4.5 miles Churchill Avenue, Churchill Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0LB Inspected: 30 December 2021 Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford Primary 4.7 miles Teapot Lane, Aylesford, ME20 7JU Inspected: 05 July 2023
Thurnham Church of England Infant School Primary 1.7 miles The Landway, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4BL Inspected: 27 April 2023 Roseacre Junior School Primary 1.7 miles The Landway, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME14 4BL Inspected: 14 May 2024 St Paul's Infant School Primary 2.2 miles Hillary Road, Maidstone, ME14 2BS Inspected: 12 September 2025 North Borough Junior School Primary 2.3 miles Gladstone Road, Maidstone, ME14 2BP Inspected: 30 November 2023 Madginford Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Egremont Road, Bearsted, Maidstone, ME15 8LH Inspected: 15 June 2023 Bredhurst Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 2.3 miles The Street, Bredhurst, Gillingham, ME7 3JY Inspected: 14 March 2024 MEPA ACADEMY 2.8 miles Earl Street, MAIDSTONE, ME14 1PF Inspected: 10 November 2025 Swingate Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Sultan Road, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8TJ Inspected: 11 June 2024 Maidstone Grammar School Secondary 2.9 miles Beech Hurst Close, Maidstone, ME15 7BT Inspected: 12 November 2024 The Maplesden Noakes School Secondary 3 miles Buckland Road, Maidstone, ME16 0TJ Inspected: 10 June 2024 Greenfields Community Primary School Primary 3 miles Oxford Road, Shepway, Maidstone, ME15 8DF Inspected: 10 February 2025 Park Way Primary School Primary 3 miles Maidstone, ME15 7AH Inspected: 19 September 2024 Brunswick House Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Leafy Lane, Maidstone, ME16 0QQ Inspected: 25 September 2023 South Borough Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Stagshaw Close, Postley Road, Maidstone, ME15 6TL Inspected: 28 June 2023 St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Deanwood Drive, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9NP Inspected: 15 March 2024 Deanwood Children's Centre 3.2 miles Long Catlis Road, Long Catlis Road, Rainham, ME8 9TX Inspected: 17 July 2013 Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision 3.3 miles Scrubbs Lane, Maidstone, ME16 8AU Inspected: 30 April 2025 King's Reach Education 3.3 miles Reculver Walk, Reculver Walk, Maidstone, ME15 8SW Inspected: 12 July 2023 Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School Primary 3.4 miles Douglas Road, Maidstone, ME16 8ER Inspected: 19 January 2024 Archbishop Courtenay Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Eccleston Road, Tovil, Maidstone, ME15 6QN Inspected: 31 July 2023 Tunbury Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Tunbury Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 9HY Inspected: 20 July 2023 Senacre Wood Primary School Primary 3.4 miles Graveney Road, Senacre, Maidstone, ME15 8QQ Inspected: 21 January 2025 Hempstead Junior School Primary 3.4 miles Birch Grove, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3HJ Inspected: 01 May 2024 Hollingbourne Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Eyhorne Street, Hollingbourne, Maidstone, ME17 1UA Inspected: 29 April 2022 Palace Wood Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Ash Grove, Allington, Maidstone, ME16 0AB Inspected: 19 October 2022 Hempstead Infant School Primary 3.6 miles Hempstead Road, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3QG Inspected: 29 April 2024 Fairview Community Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Drewery Drive, Wigmore, Gillingham, ME8 0NU Inspected: 29 November 2024 St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone Primary 3.6 miles Queen's Road, Maidstone, ME16 0LB Inspected: 03 May 2024 Leeds and Broomfield Church of England Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Lower Street, Leeds, Maidstone, ME17 1RL Inspected: 19 November 2021 Oakwood Park Grammar School Secondary 3.8 miles Maidstone, ME16 8AH Inspected: 10 June 2024 Leigh Academy Tree Tops Primary 3.9 miles Brishing Lane, Park Wood, Maidstone, ME15 9EZ Inspected: 19 December 2024 West Borough Primary School Primary 4 miles Hadlow Close, Maidstone, ME16 8TL Inspected: 01 December 2022 Maundene School Primary 4.1 miles Swallow Rise, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 7QB Inspected: 21 September 2022 The Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Bicknor Road, Park Wood, Maidstone, ME15 9PS Inspected: 27 November 2023 Leigh Academy Langley Park Primary 4.3 miles Edmett way, Maidstone, ME17 3FX Inspected: 21 May 2025 Loose Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Loose Road, Maidstone, ME15 9UW Inspected: 14 September 2023 Miers Court Children's Centre 4.4 miles Silverspot Close, Silver Spot Close, Rainham, ME8 8JR Inspected: 31 July 2013 Kingfisher Children's Centre 4.5 miles Kingfisher Drive, Kingfisher Drive, Chatham, ME5 7NX Inspected: 08 March 2012 Kingfisher Community Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Kingfisher Drive, Princes Park, Chatham, ME5 7NX Inspected: 19 March 2025 Horsted Infant School Primary 4.5 miles Barberry Avenue, Chatham, ME5 9TF Inspected: 28 November 2023 Horsted Junior School Primary 4.5 miles Barberry Avenue, Chatham, ME5 9TF Inspected: 10 October 2023 INSPIRE Free Special School 4.5 miles Churchill Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0LB Inspected: 20 May 2025 Burham Church of England Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Bell Lane, Burham, Rochester, ME1 3SY Inspected: 19 July 2024 Hartlip Endowed Church of England Primary School Primary 4.5 miles The Street, Hartlip, Sittingbourne, ME9 7TL Inspected: 16 June 2022 Rainham School for Girls Secondary 4.6 miles Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 0BX Inspected: 17 June 2022 Yew Tree Farm School 4.7 miles Sittingbourne, ME9 8AT Inspected: 21 May 2025 Leigh Academy Rainham Secondary 5 miles Otterham Quay Lane, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 8GS Inspected: 25 April 2024
St Augustine Academy Secondary 3.8 miles Maidstone, ME16 8AE Inspected: 26 September 2023
Sandling Primary School Primary 1.9 miles Ashburnham Road, Penenden Heath, Maidstone, ME14 2JG Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School Primary 1.9 miles Provender Way, Grove Green, Maidstone, ME14 5TZ Valley Park School Secondary 2.2 miles Huntsman Lane, Maidstone, ME14 5DT East Borough Children's Centre 2.3 miles Vinters Road, Maidstone, ME14 5DX Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough Primary 2.3 miles Vinters Road, Maidstone, ME14 5DX Howard de Walden Children's Centre 2.3 miles Bluett Street, Bluett Street, Maidstone, ME14 2UG Serenity School Maidstone 2.6 miles Sandling Road, Maidstone, ME14 2LP Greenfields Childrens Centre 2.9 miles Rutland Way, Maidstone, ME15 8DR St Benedict's Catholic Primary School Primary 3 miles Lambourn Way, Lordswood, Chatham, ME5 8PU Sunshine Children's Centre 3.1 miles Stagshaw Close, Stagshaw Close, Maidstone, ME15 6TL Deanwood Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Long Catlis Road, Parkwood, Gillingham, ME8 9TX St Michael's Church of England Infant School Maidstone Primary 3.4 miles Douglas Road, Maidstone, ME16 8ER Lordswood Children's Centre 3.4 miles Lordswood Lane, Lordswood Lane, Chatham, ME5 8NN Inspected: 31 March 2011 Lordswood School Primary 3.4 miles Lordswood Lane, Chatham, ME5 8NN Leigh Academy Molehill Primary 3.5 miles Hereford Road, Maidstone, ME15 7ND Walderslade Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Dargets Road, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 8BJ St Simon Stock Catholic School Secondary 3.7 miles Maidstone, ME16 0JP Five Acre Wood School 3.7 miles Boughton Lane, Maidstone, ME15 9QF Inspected: 09 September 2024 Parkwood Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Deanwood Drive, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9LP New Line Learning Academy Secondary 3.8 miles Boughton Lane, Maidstone, ME15 9QL Tiger Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Boughton Lane, Maidstone, ME15 9QL Inspected: 20 October 2023 The Meadow Children's Centre 3.9 miles Furfield Close, Park Wood, Maidstone, ME15 9JR St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primary 4 miles Mount Pleasant, Aylesford, ME20 7BE Sports Connect 4.1 miles M20, Aylesford Bulls, Aylesford, ME20 7DS Inspected: 23 May 2025 St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Bleakwood Road, Chatham, ME5 0NF Oaklands Children's Centre 4.1 miles Weedswood Road, Weedswood Road, Chatham, ME5 0QS Inspected: 13 January 2012 Oaklands School Primary 4.1 miles Weedswood Road, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 0QS Greenacre School Secondary 4.2 miles Walderslade Road, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 0LP PGW Partnership of Greenacre and Walderslade 4.3 miles Bradfields Avenue, Chatham, ME5 0LE Walderslade School Secondary 4.3 miles Bradfields Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 0LE St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles Primary 4.3 miles Eccles Row, Eccles, Aylesford, ME20 7HS Miers Court Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Silverspot Close, Rainham, ME8 8JR Burham Children's Centre 4.5 miles Bell Lane, Burham, ME1 3SY The Howard School Secondary 4.6 miles Derwent Way, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 0BX St Margaret's Church of England Junior School Primary 4.6 miles Orchard Street, Rainham, Gillingham, ME8 9AE St Margaret's Infant School Primary 4.6 miles Orchard Street, Orchard Street, Gillingham, ME8 9AE Aylesford School Secondary 4.7 miles Teapot Lane, Aylesford, ME20 7JU Wayfield Children's Centre 4.7 miles Wayfield Road, Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH Inspected: 26 October 2010 Wayfield Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Wayfield Road, Chatham, ME5 0HH Barming Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Belmont Close, Barming, Maidstone, ME16 9DY