Serenity School Maidstone
Serenity School Maidstone is an independent special school in Maidstone for boys and girls aged 5 to 18. It has 83 pupils and room for 150.
Springfield House, Sandling Road, Maidstone, ME14 2LP01622 916940Mrs Hayley King headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Kent council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 83 | 36 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Borough Junior School | Council | 580 m | 350 | Good 2023 | 22 | Compare |
| Maidstone Grammar School for Girls | Foundation (grammar) | 600 m | 1,254 | Outstanding 2023 | 95 | Compare |
| The Maplesden Noakes School | Academy | 630 m | 1,418 | Good 2024 | 19 | Compare |
| St Paul's Infant School | Council | 670 m | 242 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Brunswick House Primary School | Council | 850 m | 420 | Good 2023 | 40 | Compare |
| MEPA ACADEMY | Independent | 0.7 miles | 24 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Sandling Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 421 | No overall grade 2025 | 59 | Compare |
| Maidstone and Malling Alternative Provision | Pupil referral unit | 0.9 miles | 1 | Good 2019 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Serenity School Maidstone a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Serenity School Maidstone yet.
How many pupils does Serenity School Maidstone have?
83 pupils aged 5 to 18 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 150 places, so it is 55% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Springfield House, Sandling Road, Maidstone, ME14 2LP
- Telephone
- 01622 916940
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hayley King
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward
- Ringlestone
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 15 October 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 149907 · LAESTAB 8866179 · UKPRN 10097195
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.