Best Secondary Schools in Ashford

We checked all 6 secondary schools in Ashford, Kent, and list every one: 5 ranked, then 1 without a rank.

Schools checked
6
Ranked
5
Without a rank
1

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE 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 41 primary schools, ranked on SATs 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, Tonbridge, Dartford and all of Kent.

Ranked secondary schools in Ashford

  1. 1

    Highworth Grammar School

    Academy, Selective, 1,553 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    70.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    95.3%

  2. 2

    The Norton Knatchbull School

    Academy, Selective, 1,348 pupils, inspected December 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    67.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    90.9%

  3. 3

    The North School

    Academy, 1,237 pupils, inspected September 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    41.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    39.5%

  4. 4

    Towers School and Sixth Form Centre

    Academy, 1,538 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Attainment 8
    40.6
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    29.3%

  5. 5

    The John Wallis Church of England Academy

    Academy, 1,650 pupils, inspected January 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    30.6
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    21.4%

Secondary schools in Ashford without a rank

  • Ashford School

    Independent, 936 pupils

    No Ofsted inspection
    Attainment 8
    47.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    0%