Highworth Grammar School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B83
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ashford, TN24 8UD
- Distance
- 2.6km away
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre
Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9AL
Local ranking67th of 102 secondary schools in Kent
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1625
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 15 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 40.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 54.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 66.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 266
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 81.0%
- Higher education
- 34.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 33.0%
- Not sustained
- 17.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
29.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
28.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
37
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 14.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 228
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1559
- Boys
- 720 (46%)
- Girls
- 839 (54%)
- Capacity
- 1625 (96% full)
- SEND
- 11.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.2%
- EAL
- 15.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.5%
- SEN Support
- 10.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 104.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,281/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.9% 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
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 77.2%
- White Other: 4.6%
- Black African: 3.9%
- Asian Other: 2.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- Other: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
77.2%
White British
4.6%
White Other
3.9%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136583
- UKPRN
- 10033255
- Establishment No.
- 4196
- Trust
- TOWERS SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST
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