# Willesborough Junior School

Willesborough Junior School is a primary school in Ashford, for pupils aged 7 to 11.

It had 478 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E118371. [Ashford](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Foundation school
- Ages: 7 to 11
- Pupils: 478
- Council: Ashford
- URN: 118371

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, March 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 22 March 2023
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 73% of pupils at Willesborough Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in Kent and 62% in England.
11% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Kent | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Willesborough Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/willesborough-infant-school-e118370): 100 m. Primary. Good (overall), September 2022
- [The Norton Knatchbull School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-norton-knatchbull-school-e138019): 1.2 km. Secondary. Good (overall), December 2023. Attainment 8 of 64.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [The North School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-north-school-e148712): 1.3 km. Secondary. Standards maintained, November 2024. Attainment 8 of 39.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- [East Stour Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/east-stour-primary-school-e148991): 1.6 km. Primary. Improved significantly, January 2025. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/118371)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/118371)

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