Stone Lodge School | |
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Address | |
Cotton Lane , DA2 6PD England | |
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Type | Free School |
Established | 2019 |
Trust | Endeavour MAT |
Department for Education URN | 147059 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Head Teacher | Gavin Barnett |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11to 18 |
Enrolment | 677 as of September 2023 [update] |
Website | www |
Stone Lodge School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Stone, Kent, England. [1]
The school was established in 2019 by the Endeavour MAT, a multi-academy trust formed by the Wilmington Boys and Girls grammar schools, to address the need for non-selective school places in the Dartford area. [2] [3] The senior management of the school met with Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street ahead of the opening. [4]
The first years commencing learning in temporary premises on the site of the finished school. [5] Construction of the permanent facilities commenced in 2021, [6] The new school building was completed and occupied in June 2022. [7] The school sixth form was opened in September 2022. [8]
Stone Lodge is a free School with a non-selective admissions policy. [9]
Stone Lodge School offers GCSEs and Level 1 & 2 BTEC Diplomas as programmes of study for pupils, [10] whilst students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of BTEC Extended Diplomas. [11]
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