Maplesden Noakes
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Maplesden Noakes School is an 11-18 co-educational school in Maidstone
Maidstone
Maidstone is the county town of Kent, England, south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town linking Maidstone to Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river was a source and route for much of the town's trade. Maidstone was the centre of the agricultural...

, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

, England. Since September 2005, the school has had a planned admission number of 180. The school is regularly over subscribed and has approximately 950 students on roll of which 160 are currently in the sixth form. The school is a specialist Business and Enterprise College
Business and Enterprise College
Business and Enterprise Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields...

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The school is situated in a residential area, close to the town centre of Maidstone
Maidstone
Maidstone is the county town of Kent, England, south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the centre of the town linking Maidstone to Rochester and the Thames Estuary. Historically, the river was a source and route for much of the town's trade. Maidstone was the centre of the agricultural...

. The school occupies a 30 acres (121,405.8 m²) site to which the North Downs and the town itself form a pleasant backdrop.
This school also shares it's grounds with Maidstone Girls Grammar School.

The school has undergone a number of new building work, such as a new technology block, a new P.E block, and a new flood light all weather sports pitch.
The school interacts with the local area by holding events to help students, such as the business enterprise scheme and many others.On the grounds there are 11-13 buildings, a paved area, two courts, three fields, a swamp, a bomb shelter used for education and three forest and woodland areas.
It is surrounded on both sides by railway tracks, there is also a residential area on the west side and on the east side is Millenium Park.
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