The Echelford Primary SchoolSt Michael Catholic Primary School & Nursery

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

Summary of the comparison

The Echelford Primary School and St Michael Catholic Primary School & Nursery are primary schools in Ashford.

  • The Echelford Primary School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Michael Catholic Primary School & Nursery scores 81 out of 100 (grade B, strong). St Michael Catholic Primary School & Nursery is ahead on our composite score.

  • The Echelford Primary School was judged the expected standard and St Michael Catholic Primary School & Nursery was judged Outstanding.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 74.0% for The Echelford Primary School and 87.0% for St Michael Catholic Primary School & Nursery.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at The Echelford Primary School (66.0% in 2022-23, 74.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

The Echelford Primary School versus St Michael Catholic Primary School & Nursery compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure AshfordThe Echelford Primary SchoolAshfordSt Michael Catholic Primary School & NurseryEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC62/100B81/100Stronger figure
Local ranking96th of 285 in Surrey Stronger figure137th of 285 in Surrey
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll615 474
Capacity630 484
LocationAshford, TW15 1EX Ashford, TW15 2DG
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard74.0% 87.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard10.0% 22.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score108.0 110.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score107.0 111.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census615 474
Free school meals (ever 6)11.2% 11.5%
English as an additional language21.8% 28.5%
SEN support9.4% 12.0%
SEN with an EHC plan2.3% 2.7%
Attendance
Overall absence4.7% 3.4% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence10.9% 3.3% 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.

The Echelford Primary School

St Michael Catholic Primary School & Nursery

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