The North School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ashford, TN24 8AL
- Distance
- 1.9km away
Highworth Grammar School
Maidstone Road, Ashford, TN24 8UD
Local ranking8th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1520
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Girls
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 14 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 70.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 95.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 99.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 95.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 6.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 214
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 99.0%
- Continued in education
- 99.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Higher education
- 70.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 19.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B
Avg A-Level Grade
40.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
39.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
216
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 18.1% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 453
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1543
- Boys
- 86 (6%)
- Girls
- 1457 (94%)
- Capacity
- 1520 (102% full)
- SEND
- 7.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 8.3%
- EAL
- 29.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.3%
- SEN Support
- 7.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 88.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,363/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 58.0%
- Asian Other: 9.5%
- Asian Indian: 6.0%
- White Other: 5.7%
- Black African: 5.1%
- Mixed Other: 4.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.3%
- Asian Chinese: 1.3%
58.0%
White British
9.5%
Asian Other
6.0%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Maidstone Road
Ashford, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 136379
- UKPRN
- 10032347
- Establishment No.
- 4092
- Trust
- HIGHWORTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST
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