Brook Community Primary SchoolLady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Ashford.

Summary of the comparison

Brook Community Primary School and Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School are primary schools in Ashford.

  • Brook Community Primary School scores 50 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School scores 81 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Brook Community Primary School was judged Good and Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School was judged exceptional.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 62.0% for Brook Community Primary School and 81.0% for Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Brook Community Primary School (56.0% in 2022-23, 62.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School (85.0% in 2022-23, 81.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Brook Community Primary School versus Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure AshfordBrook Community Primary SchoolAshfordLady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD50/100B81/100Stronger figure
Local ranking291st of 450 in Kent 14th of 450 in Kent Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeFoundation school Voluntary controlled school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 5-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll71 424
Capacity105 420
LocationAshford, TN25 5PB Ashford, TN25 5EA
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard62.0% 81.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 30.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 109.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score100.0 107.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census71 424
Free school meals (ever 6)26.8% 12.7%
English as an additional language15.5% 14.2%
SEN support29.6% 15.6%
SEN with an EHC plan7.0% 1.9%
Attendance
Overall absence8.7% 4.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence20.8% 9.2% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Brook Community Primary School

Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School

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