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Education in Ashford

District

The east of the South East. 142,523 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 581 square kilometres.

2 layers about education for Ashford, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source.

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Schools by council

Worked out by Open Index · 2026

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Ashford had 62 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

Number of schools

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62
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Ashford had 62 open schools in 2026, from nurseries to sixth form colleges.

Worked out by Open Index from the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government.

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Number of schools: Ashford among every council350 areas from 1 to 510. The middle area is 68. Ashford is 62.

Schools

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Schools in Ashford

Ashford has 62 open schools: 43 primary, 7 secondary, 1 all-through, 9 special and 2 independent.

Outstanding
3
Good
17
Requires improvement
0
Inadequate
0

20 of the 54 schools in Ofsted's file have an overall grade from a graded inspection between September 2022 and May 2024.

6 schools have a report card from the renewed framework (from November 2025), which gives no overall grade.

8 schools had a graded inspection from September 2024, when Ofsted stopped giving an overall grade.

Ofsted says grades from different frameworks can't be compared, and an old grade may not describe a school today. Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.

Schools rated Outstanding in Ashford

3 schools had Outstanding as the overall grade at their latest graded inspection, which is the date given. A later ungraded inspection, shown in the table, may say more.

Challock Primary School (July 2023), Great Chart Primary School (June 2023), Goldwyn School (October 2022).

Primary (43)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspectionResults (KS2 2024/25)
Aldington Primary SchoolFoundation school4 to 11198Good (overall), February 202458% met KS2 standard
Ashford Oaks Community Primary SchoolCommunity school2 to 11443Good (overall), March 202334% met KS2 standard
Ashford, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school4 to 11418Standards maintained, April 202556% met KS2 standard
Beaver Green Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led2 to 11483School remains Good, March 202363% met KS2 standard
Bethersden Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11117Good (overall), June 202346% met KS2 standard
Brabourne Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school5 to 11104School remains Good, March 202487% met KS2 standard
Brook Community Primary SchoolFoundation school4 to 1176Good (overall), May 202362% met KS2 standard
Challock Primary SchoolFoundation school4 to 11212Outstanding (overall), July 202367% met KS2 standard
Charing Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter2 to 11199Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met93% met KS2 standard
Chilham, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school4 to 1181Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met46% met KS2 standard
Chilmington Green Primary SchoolFree schools2 to 11297Good (overall), December 202246% met KS2 standard
Downs View Infant SchoolAcademy converter4 to 7Good (overall), October 2023, before the school changed
East Stour Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 11385Improved significantly, January 202575% met KS2 standard
Egerton Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school4 to 11197Good (overall), October 202355% met KS2 standard
Finberry Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led2 to 11418School remains Good, January 202476% met KS2 standard
Furley Park Primary AcademyAcademy converter4 to 11504Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade67% met KS2 standard
Goat Lees Primary SchoolFoundation school4 to 11207Standards maintained, June 202540% met KS2 standard
Godinton Primary SchoolAcademy converter4 to 11417School remains Good, February 202463% met KS2 standard
Great Chart Primary SchoolCommunity school4 to 11424Outstanding (overall), June 202377% met KS2 standard
Hamstreet Primary AcademyAcademy converter4 to 11222Good (overall), May 202362% met KS2 standard
High Halden Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school4 to 11105Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met42% met KS2 standard
John Mayne Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter4 to 1194Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met27% met KS2 standard
Kennington Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led7 to 11355School remains Good, March 202364% met KS2 standard
Kingsnorth Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter4 to 11419School remains Good, April 202461% met KS2 standard
Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school5 to 11429Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade81% met KS2 standard
Mersham Primary SchoolFoundation school4 to 11140Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met52% met KS2 standard
Phoenix Community Primary SchoolFoundation school4 to 11190School remains Good, June 202241% met KS2 standard
Pluckley Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter3 to 1182Standards maintained, December 202482% met KS2 standard
Repton Manor Primary SchoolFoundation school4 to 11420Good (overall), November 202367% met KS2 standard
Rolvenden Primary SchoolAcademy converter5 to 1190School remains Good, June 202473% met KS2 standard
Smarden Primary SchoolAcademy converter2 to 11172School remains Good, May 202389% met KS2 standard
Smeeth Community Primary SchoolFoundation school4 to 11120Good (overall), July 202362% met KS2 standard
St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter4 to 11177Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade52% met KS2 standard
St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, AshfordAcademy converter5 to 11208Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade40% met KS2 standard
St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter5 to 11214Standards maintained, June 202563% met KS2 standard
Tenterden Church of England Junior SchoolAcademy converter7 to 11206Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade46% met KS2 standard
Tenterden Infant SchoolAcademy converter5 to 11124School remains Good, July 2024
The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school4 to 11421School remains Good, November 202152% met KS2 standard
Victoria Road Primary SchoolCommunity school5 to 11210Good (overall), May 202450% met KS2 standard
Willesborough Infant SchoolFoundation school4 to 7333Good (overall), September 2022
Willesborough Junior SchoolFoundation school7 to 11478School remains Good, March 202373% met KS2 standard
Wittersham Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school4 to 11138Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade79% met KS2 standard
Woodchurch Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school4 to 11165Good (overall), May 202374% met KS2 standard

Secondary (7)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspectionResults (KS4 2025/26)
Chilmington Green SchoolFree schools11 to 19449Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
Highworth Grammar SchoolAcademy converter11 to 181,553Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall gradeAttainment 8: 69.2
Homewood School and Sixth Form CentreAcademy converter11 to 181,772Good (overall), April 2023Attainment 8: 37.7
The North SchoolAcademy converter11 to 191,237Standards maintained, November 2024Attainment 8: 39.4
The Norton Knatchbull SchoolAcademy converter11 to 181,348Good (overall), December 2023Attainment 8: 64.2
Towers School and Sixth Form CentreAcademy converter11 to 191,538Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall gradeAttainment 8: 42.4
Wye SchoolFree schools11 to 16557School remains Good, May 2024Attainment 8: 45.3

All-through (1)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspectionResults (KS2 2024/25)
The John Wallis Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led0 to 191,650Good (overall), January 202461% met KS2 standard

Special (9)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
Caldecott Foundation SchoolNon-maintained special school5 to 1869School remains Good, October 2022
Goldwyn SchoolFoundation special school10 to 19197Outstanding (overall), October 2022
Greenfields SchoolOther independent special school5 to 1818No outcome in Ofsted's file
Heath Farm SchoolOther independent special school5 to 18141No outcome in Ofsted's file
Hope View SchoolOther independent special school7 to 18106No outcome in Ofsted's file
Kings Park SchoolOther independent special school7 to 165No outcome in Ofsted's file
Little Acorns SchoolOther independent special school5 to 1627No outcome in Ofsted's file
The T3 SchoolOther independent special school11 to 169No outcome in Ofsted's file
The Wyvern School (Buxford)Foundation special school4 to 19374Good (overall), March 2024

Independent (2)

SchoolTypeAgesPupilsLatest Ofsted inspection
Ashford SchoolOther independent school0 to 20936Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
Spring Grove School 2003 LtdOther independent school2 to 11183Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

Ofsted inspects state-funded schools; independent schools and colleges are inspected separately and show no outcome here.

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), edubasealldata20261015.csv; Ofsted, latest inspections as at 30 September 2026.