The Quest School
The Quest School is an independent special school in Paddock Wood for boys and girls aged 5 to 19. It has 26 pupils and room for 30.
Bell 3, The Hop Farm, Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, TN12 6PY01732 522700questschool.co.ukMrs Nicola Keyes Mrs Louise Smyth headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
2 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
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 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 26 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laddingford St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Church of England | 1.0 miles | 83 | Good 2023 | 2 | Compare |
| East Peckham Primary School | Council | 1.1 miles | 207 | Report card 2025 | 55 | Compare |
| Leigh Academy Paddock Wood | Academy | 1.6 miles | 618 | Good 2023 | 80 | Compare |
| Leigh Academy Mascalls | Academy | 2.2 miles | 1,227 | Report card 2026 | 37 | Compare |
| Yalding, St Peter and St Paul Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Church of England | 2.4 miles | 145 | Not inspected | 43 | Compare |
| Capel Primary School | Council | 2.6 miles | 209 | Good 2024 | 11 | Compare |
| St Margaret's, Collier Street Church of England Voluntary Controlled School | Church of England | 2.8 miles | 123 | Good 2022 | 45 | Compare |
| Hadlow Primary School | Council | 2.9 miles | 187 | No overall grade 2025 | 21 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Quest School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Quest School yet.
How many pupils does The Quest School have?
26 pupils aged 5 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 30 places, so it is 87% full.
Does The Quest School have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Bell 3, The Hop Farm, Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, TN12 6PY
- Telephone
- 01732 522700
- Website
- www.questschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nicola Keyes Mrs Louise Smyth
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 5-19, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Kent
- Ward
- Marden & Yalding
- Constituency
- Tonbridge
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 19 January 2004 (new provision)
- URN
- 134605 · LAESTAB 8866108 · UKPRN 10018606
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
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.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- 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.