Downs View Infant SchoolLady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Downs View Infant School and Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School are primary schools in Ashford.

  • Downs View Infant School scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, 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.

  • Downs View Infant School was judged Good and Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School was judged exceptional.

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

Side-by-side comparison

Downs View Infant School versus Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure AshfordDowns View Infant SchoolAshfordLady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC65/100B81/100Stronger figure
Local ranking440th of 450 in Kent 14th of 450 in Kent Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeCommunity school Voluntary controlled school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-7 5-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll215 424
Capacity210 420
LocationAshford, TN25 4PJ Ashford, TN25 5EA
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported81.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported30.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported109.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported107.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census215 424
Free school meals (ever 6)22.8% 12.7%
English as an additional language12.1% 14.2%
SEN support17.7% 15.6%
SEN with an EHC plan3.3% 1.9%
Attendance
Overall absence6.8% 4.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence19.3% 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.

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.

Downs View Infant School

Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School

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