Willesborough Junior SchoolEast Stour Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Willesborough Junior School and East Stour Primary School are primary schools in Ashford.

  • Willesborough Junior School scores 49 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and East Stour Primary School scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average). East Stour Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Willesborough Junior School was judged Good and East Stour Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 73.0% for Willesborough Junior School and 75.0% for East Stour Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Willesborough Junior School (59.0% in 2022-23, 73.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at East Stour Primary School (71.0% in 2022-23, 75.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Willesborough Junior School versus East Stour Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure AshfordWillesborough Junior SchoolAshfordEast Stour Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD49/100C66/100Stronger figure
Local ranking299th of 450 in Kent 115th of 450 in Kent Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeFoundation school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range7-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll480 410
Capacity510 472
LocationAshford, TN24 0JU Ashford, TN24 0DW
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard73.0% 75.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard11.0% Stronger figure7.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 108.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 106.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census480 410
Free school meals (ever 6)25.4% 41.7%
English as an additional language22.1% 30.5%
SEN support15.0% 11.2%
SEN with an EHC plan1.9% 4.4%
Attendance
Overall absence5.3% Stronger figure7.7% 6.2%
Persistent absence13.0% Stronger figure24.9% 15.8%

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.

Willesborough Junior School

East Stour Primary School

Full profiles: Willesborough Junior School · East Stour Primary School