Best Primary Schools in Ashford

We checked all 41 primary schools in Ashford, Kent, and list every one: 38 ranked, then 3 without a rank.

Schools checked
41
Ranked
38
Without a rank
3

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Ashford. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Ashford also has 6 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Kent. Kent also has rankings for Maidstone, Canterbury, Gravesend, Sevenoaks, Sittingbourne and all of Kent.

Ranked primary schools in Ashford

  1. 1

    Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 429 pupils, inspected February 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    81%
    Higher standard
    30%

  2. 2

    Great Chart Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 424 pupils, inspected June 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    15%

  3. 3

    Pluckley Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 82 pupils, inspected June 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    82%
    Higher standard
    35%

  4. 4

    Stowting Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 106 pupils, inspected November 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    100%
    Higher standard
    15%

  5. 5

    Brabourne Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 104 pupils, inspected October 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    87%
    Higher standard
    27%

  6. 5

    Challock Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 212 pupils, inspected July 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    17%

  7. 7

    Charing Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 199 pupils, inspected February 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    93%
    Higher standard
    7%

  8. 8

    Bodsham Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 70 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to strong standard
    Expected standard
    79%
    Higher standard
    21%

  9. 9

    Finberry Primary School

    Academy, 418 pupils, inspected September 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    76%
    Higher standard
    12%

  10. 10

    Willesborough Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 478 pupils, inspected May 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    11%

  11. 11

    East Stour Primary School

    Academy, 385 pupils, inspected July 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    75%
    Higher standard
    7%

  12. 11

    Smarden Primary School

    Academy, 172 pupils, inspected March 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    89%
    Higher standard
    6%

  13. 13

    St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

    Academy, 214 pupils, inspected October 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    25%

  14. 14

    Furley Park Primary Academy

    Academy, 504 pupils, inspected December 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    18%

  15. 15

    Woodchurch Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 165 pupils, inspected May 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    74%
    Higher standard
    5%

  16. 16

    Hamstreet Primary Academy

    Academy, 222 pupils, inspected May 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    62%
    Higher standard
    11%

  17. 17

    Godinton Primary School

    Academy, 417 pupils, inspected May 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    12%

  18. 18

    Aldington Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 198 pupils, inspected February 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    58%
    Higher standard
    12%

  19. 18

    Repton Manor Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 420 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    10%

  20. 20

    Beaver Green Primary School

    Academy, 483 pupils, inspected September 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    7%

  21. 20

    Kingsnorth Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 419 pupils, inspected September 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    61%
    Higher standard
    13%

  22. 22

    Bethersden Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 117 pupils, inspected June 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    46%
    Higher standard
    15%

  23. 23

    Smeeth Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 120 pupils, inspected July 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    62%
    Higher standard
    8%

  24. 24

    High Halden Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 105 pupils, inspected January 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    42%
    Higher standard
    17%

  25. 25

    Kennington Church of England Academy

    Academy, 355 pupils, inspected October 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    64%
    Higher standard
    5%

  26. 26

    Phoenix Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 190 pupils, inspected July 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    41%
    Higher standard
    10%

  27. 27

    Mersham Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 140 pupils, inspected June 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    52%
    Higher standard
    7%

  28. 28

    Ashford, St Mary's Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 418 pupils, inspected June 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    56%
    Higher standard
    2%

  29. 28

    Victoria Road Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 210 pupils, inspected May 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    7%

  30. 30

    Egerton Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 197 pupils, inspected October 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    5%

  31. 31

    Chilmington Green Primary School

    Free school, 297 pupils, inspected December 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    46%
    Higher standard
    8%

  32. 32

    The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 421 pupils, inspected January 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    52%
    Higher standard
    2%

  33. 33

    Brook Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 76 pupils, inspected May 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    62%
    Higher standard
    0%

  34. 34

    Ashford Oaks Community Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 443 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    34%
    Higher standard
    5%

  35. 35

    Goat Lees Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 207 pupils, inspected June 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    40%
    Higher standard
    3%

  36. 36

    St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, Ashford

    Academy, 208 pupils, inspected July 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    40%
    Higher standard
    0%

  37. 37

    Sellindge Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 198 pupils, inspected February 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    48%
    Higher standard
    0%

  38. 38

    John Mayne Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 94 pupils, inspected February 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    27%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Ashford without a rank