Schools

Ashford schools and Ofsted

Every state school and nursery in Ashford, 55 in all, with its latest Ofsted inspection. 95% were judged good or better at their last inspection. 4 have the new-style report cards, which grade each area of the school rather than giving one word.

55state schools and nurseries

95%good or betterat their last inspection

4new report cardssince November 2025

4inspections publishedin the last six months

Darker means a bigger share of schools judged good or better. Tap an area for its page.

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Latest inspections

Every school


Aldington Primary SchoolTN25 7EE	Primary	Aldington	Good (2024)
Ashford Oaks Community Primary SchoolTN23 4QR	Primary	Ashford	Good (2023)
Ashford, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolTN23 1ND	Primary	Ashford	Standards maintained (2025)
Beaver Green Primary SchoolTN23 5DA	Primary	Great Chart	School remains Good (2023)
Bethersden Primary SchoolTN26 3AH	Primary	Bethersden	Good (2023)
Bodsham Church of England Primary SchoolTN25 5JQ	Primary	Hastingleigh	Report card Jun 2026: Strong standard in 2, expected standard in 3, needs attention in 2
Brabourne Church of England Primary SchoolTN25 5LQ	Primary	Brabourne Lees	School remains Good (2024)
Brook Community Primary SchoolTN25 5PB	Primary	Wye	Good (2023)
Caldecott Foundation SchoolTN25 6PW	Special	Smeeth	School remains Good (2022)
Challock Primary SchoolTN25 4BU	Primary	Challock	Outstanding (2023)
Charing Church of England Primary SchoolTN27 0JN	Primary	Charing	Report card Apr 2026: Strong standard in 6, expected standard in 1
Chilham, St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolCT4 8DE	Primary	Chilham	School remains Good (2022)
Chilmington Green Primary SchoolTN23 3DS	Primary	Great Chart	Good (2023)
Chilmington Green SchoolTN23 3DL	Secondary	Great Chart	Report card Jun 2026: Strong standard in 4, expected standard in 2
Downs View Infant SchoolTN25 4PJ	Primary	Boughton Lees	Good (2023)
East Stour Primary SchoolTN24 0DW	Primary	South Willesborough	Improved significantly (2025)
Egerton Church of England Primary SchoolTN27 9DR	Primary	Egerton	Good (2023)
Finberry Primary SchoolTN25 7GS	Primary	South Willesborough	School remains Good (2024)
Furley Park Primary AcademyTN23 3PA	Primary	Kingsnorth	Good in every area (2025)
Goat Lees Primary SchoolTN24 9RR	Primary	Boughton Lees	Standards maintained (2025)
Godinton Primary SchoolTN23 3JR	Primary	Great Chart	School remains Good (2024)
Goldwyn SchoolTN23 3BT	Special	Great Chart	Outstanding (2022)
Great Chart Primary SchoolTN23 5LB	Primary	Great Chart	Outstanding (2023)
Hamstreet Primary AcademyTN26 2EA	Primary	Hamstreet	Good (2023)
High Halden Church of England Primary SchoolTN26 3JB	Primary	High Halden	School remains Good (2022)
Highworth Grammar SchoolTN24 8UD	Secondary	Ashford	Outstanding in every area (2025)
Homewood School and Sixth Form CentreTN30 6LT	Secondary	St Michaels	Good (2023)
John Mayne Church of England Primary SchoolTN27 8AL	Primary	Biddenden	Report card May 2026: Expected standard in 3, needs attention in 4
Kennington Church of England AcademyTN24 9AG	Primary	Boughton Lees	School remains Good (2023)
Kingsnorth Church of England Primary SchoolTN23 3EF	Primary	Kingsnorth	School remains Good (2024)
Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary SchoolTN25 5EA	Primary	Wye	Outstanding in 3, good in 1 (2025)
Mersham Primary SchoolTN25 6NU	Primary	Mersham	School remains Good (2022)
Phoenix Community Primary SchoolTN24 9LS	Primary	Ashford	School remains Good (2022)
Pluckley Church of England Primary SchoolTN27 0QS	Primary	Pluckley	Standards maintained (2025)
Repton Manor Primary SchoolTN23 3RX	Primary	Ashford	Good (2024)
Rolvenden Primary SchoolTN17 4LS	Primary	Rolvenden	School remains Good (2024)
Smarden Primary SchoolTN27 8ND	Primary	Smarden	School remains Good (2023)
Smeeth Community Primary SchoolTN25 6RX	Primary	Brabourne Lees	Good (2023)
St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolTN30 6PU	Primary	St Michaels	Good in every area (2024)
St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, AshfordTN23 4RB	Primary	Ashford	Good in every area (2025)
St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolTN24 8QN	Primary	Ashford	Standards maintained (2025)
Tenterden Church of England Junior SchoolTN30 6RA	Primary	Tenterden	Good in every area (2024)
Tenterden Infant SchoolTN30 6RA	Primary	Tenterden	School remains Good (2024)
The John Wallis Church of England AcademyTN23 3HG	Secondary	Kingsnorth	Good (2024)
The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolTN23 5LW	Primary	Great Chart	School remains Good (2021)
The North SchoolTN24 8AL	Secondary	Ashford	Standards maintained (2024)
The Norton Knatchbull SchoolTN24 0QJ	Secondary	Ashford	Good (2024)
The Wyvern School (Buxford)TN23 4ER	Special	Great Chart	Good (2024)
Towers School and Sixth Form CentreTN24 9AL	Secondary	Boughton Lees	Good in 3, requires improvement in 1 (2024)
Victoria Road Primary SchoolTN23 7HQ	Primary	Ashford	Good (2024)
Willesborough Infant SchoolTN24 0JZ	Primary	Sevington	Good (2022)
Willesborough Junior SchoolTN24 0JU	Primary	Sevington	School remains Good (2023)
Wittersham Church of England Primary SchoolTN30 7EA	Primary	Wittersham	Good in every area (2025)
Woodchurch Church of England Primary SchoolTN26 3QJ	Primary	Woodchurch	Good (2023)
Wye SchoolTN25 5EJ	Secondary	Wye	School remains Good (2024)

How the new report cards work

Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school (achievement, teaching, behaviour, personal development, inclusion, leadership) on a five-point scale: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement. Safeguarding is met or not met. Across the 4 Ashford report cards so far, the grades given were: strong standard 12 times, expected standard 9 times, needs attention 6 times.

Schools inspected before then have a single grade (outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate), or from September 2024 a grade for each area without an overall one. Short “ungraded” visits check a school is still at its last grade.

Where the figures come from

Ofsted publishes the latest inspection of every state-funded school each month, under the Open Government Licence. We keep those at TN, CT and ME postcodes and show here the ones in Ashford. Independent schools and childminders aren’t included. Each school links to its full report on the Ofsted website.

Schools in every area

Questions people ask

How many schools in Ashford are rated good or better?

95% of the 55 state schools and nurseries in Ashford were judged good or better at their last Ofsted inspection.

What are Ofsted report cards?

Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, instead of giving one overall word.

How many schools are there in Ashford?

There are 55 state-funded schools and nurseries in Ashford: 44 primary, 8 secondary, 3 special.