Highworth Grammar School
Secondary schoolHighworth Grammar School is a secondary school in Ashford, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,553 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 14 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Highworth Grammar School was 69.2, against 45.4 in Ashford and 46.2 in England.
92.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Ashford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 69.2 | 45.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 92.7% | 44.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 99.5% | 63.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 220 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, June 2025. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)240 m
- Ashford, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)280 m
- Repton Manor Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
- The T3 SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.1 km
- Victoria Road Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2024. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Ashford SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Ashford
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).