Schools and Education in The Rocks

There are 88 schools within 5 miles of The Rocks town centre, including 55 primary and 14 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 98% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include The Discovery School, Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford and Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery. There is 1 school rated below Good, making individual research important for families.

Total Schools
88
Primary
55
Secondary
14
Good / Outstanding
98%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

12
40
Outstanding (12) Good (40) Requires Improvement (1) Not yet inspected (35)
The Discovery School Primary 1.3 miles Discovery Drive, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4GJ Inspected: 27 April 2023 Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford Primary 1.4 miles Teapot Lane, Aylesford, ME20 7JU Inspected: 05 July 2023 Kings Hill School Primary and Nursery Primary 2.1 miles Crispin Way, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4LS Inspected: 20 March 2024 Bower Grove School 2.2 miles Fant Lane, Maidstone, ME16 8NL Inspected: 20 December 2024 St Helens Montessori School 2.2 miles Lower Road, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0JT Inspected: 11 June 2024 Allington Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Hildenborough Crescent, London Road, Maidstone, ME16 0PG Inspected: 30 September 2022 Jubilee Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Gatland Lane, Maidstone, ME16 8PF Inspected: 29 November 2023 Maidstone Grammar School for Girls Secondary 3 miles Buckland Road, Maidstone, ME16 0SF Inspected: 10 May 2023 Invicta Grammar School Secondary 4.1 miles Huntsman Lane, Maidstone, ME14 5DS Inspected: 24 May 2024 School of Science and Technology Maidstone Secondary 4.6 miles New Cut Road, Maidstone, ME14 5GQ Inspected: 13 March 2023 Leigh Academy Oaks Primary 4.7 miles Oak Tree Avenue, Maidstone, ME15 9AX Inspected: 16 November 2021 Medway Green School 4.9 miles School Lane, Wouldham, Kent, ME1 3TS Inspected: 28 January 2025
The Malling School Secondary 0.7 miles Beech Road, East Malling, West Malling, ME19 6DH Inspected: 26 May 2023 Lift St James the Great Primary 0.9 miles Chapman Way, East Malling, ME19 6SD Inspected: 09 October 2023 Ditton Infant School Primary 1.1 miles Pear Tree Avenue, Ditton, Aylesford, ME20 6EB Inspected: 24 November 2022 Brookfield Infant School Primary 1.4 miles Swallow Road, Larkfield, Aylesford, ME20 6PY Inspected: 16 June 2023 Lunsford Primary School Primary 1.4 miles Swallow Road, Larkfield, Aylesford, ME20 6PY Inspected: 27 July 2023 Brookfield Junior School Primary 1.4 miles Swallow Road, Swallow Road, Aylesford, ME20 6PY Inspected: 25 May 2023 West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language Srp Primary 1.9 miles Norman Road, Norman Road, West Malling, ME19 6RL Inspected: 20 March 2023 Palace Wood Primary School Primary 2.2 miles Ash Grove, Allington, Maidstone, ME16 0AB Inspected: 19 October 2022 West Borough Primary School Primary 2.2 miles Hadlow Close, Maidstone, ME16 8TL Inspected: 01 December 2022 St Francis' Catholic Primary School, Maidstone Primary 2.4 miles Queen's Road, Maidstone, ME16 0LB Inspected: 03 May 2024 The Rosewood School 2.4 miles Teddington Drive, Leybourne, West Malling, ME19 5FF Inspected: 21 September 2022 Oakwood Park Grammar School Secondary 2.5 miles Maidstone, ME16 8AH Inspected: 10 June 2024 Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision 2.8 miles Scrubbs Lane, Maidstone, ME16 8AU Inspected: 30 April 2025 Brunswick House Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Leafy Lane, Maidstone, ME16 0QQ Inspected: 25 September 2023 The Maplesden Noakes School Secondary 2.9 miles Buckland Road, Maidstone, ME16 0TJ Inspected: 10 June 2024 Grow 19 LTD 2.9 miles Malling Road, Malling Road, Snodland, ME6 5HS Inspected: 22 July 2024 East Farleigh Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Wilsons Lane, East Farleigh, Maidstone, ME15 0LY Inspected: 21 September 2022 Ryarsh Primary School Primary 3 miles Birling Road, Ryarsh, West Malling, ME19 5LS Inspected: 07 May 2024 St Katherine's School & Nursery Primary 3 miles St Katherines Lane, Snodland, ME6 5EJ Inspected: 11 March 2024 Maidstone, St Michael's Church of England Junior School Primary 3.1 miles Douglas Road, Maidstone, ME16 8ER Inspected: 19 January 2024 Archbishop Courtenay Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Eccleston Road, Tovil, Maidstone, ME15 6QN Inspected: 31 July 2023 Snodland CofE Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Roberts Road, Snodland, ME6 5HL Inspected: 02 December 2022 MEPA ACADEMY 3.4 miles Earl Street, MAIDSTONE, ME14 1PF Inspected: 10 November 2025 North Borough Junior School Primary 3.5 miles Gladstone Road, Maidstone, ME14 2BP Inspected: 30 November 2023 St Paul's Infant School Primary 3.5 miles Hillary Road, Maidstone, ME14 2BS Inspected: 12 September 2025 Mereworth Community Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Mereworth Road, Mereworth, Maidstone, ME18 5ND Inspected: 29 September 2022 Burham Church of England Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Bell Lane, Burham, Rochester, ME1 3SY Inspected: 19 July 2024 South Borough Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Stagshaw Close, Postley Road, Maidstone, ME15 6TL Inspected: 28 June 2023 Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Vicarage Road, Yalding, Maidstone, ME18 6DP Inspected: 03 February 2025 Maidstone Grammar School Secondary 4 miles Beech Hurst Close, Maidstone, ME15 7BT Inspected: 12 November 2024 Coxheath Primary School Primary 4 miles Stockett Lane, Coxheath, Maidstone, ME17 4PS Inspected: 31 March 2023 Park Way Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Maidstone, ME15 7AH Inspected: 19 September 2024 Loose Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Loose Road, Maidstone, ME15 9UW Inspected: 14 September 2023 Halling Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Howlsmere Close, Halling, Rochester, ME2 1ER Inspected: 26 July 2023 Wouldham, All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Worrall Drive, Wouldham, Rochester, ME1 3GE Inspected: 16 June 2023 Hunton Church of England Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Bishop's Lane, Hunton, Maidstone, ME15 0SJ Inspected: 25 June 2021 Trottiscliffe Church of England Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Church Lane, Trottiscliffe, West Malling, ME19 5EB Inspected: 21 October 2022 Cornwallis Academy Secondary 4.8 miles Hubbards Lane, Linton, Maidstone, ME17 4HX Inspected: 06 March 2023 Greenfields Community Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Oxford Road, Shepway, Maidstone, ME15 8DF Inspected: 10 February 2025 Tunbury Primary School Primary 5 miles Tunbury Avenue, Walderslade, Chatham, ME5 9HY Inspected: 20 July 2023
St Augustine Academy Secondary 2.4 miles Maidstone, ME16 8AE Inspected: 26 September 2023
Ditton Church of England Junior School Primary 1 miles New Road, Ditton, Aylesford, ME20 6AE Woodlands Children's Centre 1.1 miles Temple Way, East Malling, West Malling, ME19 6SH More Park Catholic Primary School Primary 1.4 miles Lucks Hill, West Malling, ME19 6HN Aylesford School Secondary 1.4 miles Teapot Lane, Aylesford, ME20 7JU Barming Primary School Primary 1.6 miles Belmont Close, Barming, Maidstone, ME16 9DY Leybourne, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary Academy Primary 1.6 miles Rectory Lane North, Leybourne, West Malling, ME19 5HD Sports Connect 2 miles M20, Aylesford Bulls, Aylesford, ME20 7DS Inspected: 23 May 2025 Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings Hill Primary 2 miles Warwick Way, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4AL St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Mount Pleasant, Aylesford, ME20 7BE St Simon Stock Catholic School Secondary 2.4 miles Maidstone, ME16 0JP Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase Primary 2.4 miles Teddington Drive, Leybourne Chase, West Malling, ME19 5FF Wateringbury Church of England Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Bow Road, Wateringbury, Maidstone, ME18 5EA Offham Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Church Road, Offham, West Malling, ME19 5NX Snodland Youth and Children's Centre 2.9 miles Malling Road, Snodland, ME6 5HS Borough Green Children's Centre 2.9 miles Malling Road, Malling Road, Snodland, ME6 5HS The Holmesdale School Secondary 2.9 miles Malling Road, Snodland, ME6 5HS St Michael's Church of England Infant School Maidstone Primary 3.1 miles Douglas Road, Maidstone, ME16 8ER St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles Primary 3.1 miles Eccles Row, Eccles, Aylesford, ME20 7HS Serenity School Maidstone 3.1 miles Sandling Road, Maidstone, ME14 2LP Howard de Walden Children's Centre 3.6 miles Bluett Street, Bluett Street, Maidstone, ME14 2UG Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes Primary 3.7 miles Pollyfield Close, Pollyfield Close, Snodland, ME6 5GR Burham Children's Centre 3.7 miles Bell Lane, Burham, ME1 3SY Sunshine Children's Centre 3.8 miles Stagshaw Close, Stagshaw Close, Maidstone, ME15 6TL Sandling Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Ashburnham Road, Penenden Heath, Maidstone, ME14 2JG East Borough Children's Centre 4 miles Vinters Road, Maidstone, ME14 5DX Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough Primary 4 miles Vinters Road, Maidstone, ME14 5DX Valley Park School Secondary 4.2 miles Huntsman Lane, Maidstone, ME14 5DT Five Acre Wood School 4.5 miles Boughton Lane, Maidstone, ME15 9QF Inspected: 09 September 2024 New Line Learning Academy Secondary 4.6 miles Boughton Lane, Maidstone, ME15 9QL Tiger Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Boughton Lane, Maidstone, ME15 9QL Inspected: 20 October 2023 Maidstone, St John's Church of England Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Provender Way, Grove Green, Maidstone, ME14 5TZ OneSchool Global UK - Maidstone Campus 4.9 miles Heath Road, Linton, Maidstone, ME17 4HT Leigh Academy Molehill Primary 4.9 miles Hereford Road, Maidstone, ME15 7ND Greenfields Childrens Centre 4.9 miles Rutland Way, Maidstone, ME15 8DR Vigo Village School Primary 5 miles Erskine Road, Vigo Village, Gravesend, DA13 0RL