The school's intake is regularly oversubscribed and it has exactly 1082 students on roll of which 207 are currently in the sixth form (as of February 2014).

It occupies a 30-acre (120,000 m2) site and shares its grounds with Maidstone Grammar School for Girls.

The proportion of disabled students and those with special educational needs supported at school action is well below the national average.

The proportion of students supported at school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is below average.

The proportion of students for whom the school receives the pupil premium (additional government funding for specific groups, including those known to be eligible for free school meals, looked after children and children from service families) is average.