Stone Lodge School

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Stone Lodge School
Address
Cotton Lane


,
DA2 6PD

England
Information
Type Free School
Established2019;4 years ago (2019)
TrustEndeavour MAT
Department for Education URN 147059 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head TeacherGavin Barnett
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment677 as of September 2023
Website www.stonelodgeschool.co.uk

Stone Lodge School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Stone, Kent, England. [1]

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History

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]

Admissions

Stone Lodge is a free School with a non-selective admissions policy. [9]

Curriculum

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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  7. "'We're in!': School moves into new £35m building". Kent Online. June 20, 2022.
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