Astor Secondary School
Academy converter · sixth form · 732 pupils
72% stayed in education · Attainment 8 27.9
Foundation special school
Meadowfield School
- Pupils on roll
- 396of 366 places
- Free school meals
- 54.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 27
- Ofsted
- School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next, 24 June 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: St Thoma's School (URN 119049); St Bartholomew's School (URN 119054).
What the data says
Of the 27 pupils who finished Year 11 at Meadowfield School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Meadowfield School’s own sixth form (Kent average 56%), 7% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Kent and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Meadowfield School | Kent | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 27 | 17,954 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 96% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 96% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 56% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 7% | 28% | 37% |
| — other education | 89% | 4% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Where Meadowfield School is
Other secondary schools in Kent are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Kent’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Kent
Aylesford School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 916 pupils
73% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.6
Barton Court Grammar School
Academy converter · sixth form · 995 pupils
97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 66.4
Bennett Memorial Diocesan School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,913 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.0
Borden Grammar School
Academy converter · sixth form · 938 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 63.2
Brockhill Park Performing Arts College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,314 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.4
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.