Schools in Ashford[1]

Local authority district E07000105 · 62 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 81 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 9 (11%)[4]
second 20%: 20 (25%)[4]
middle 20%: 24 (30%)[4]
fourth 20%: 18 (22%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 10 (12%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	10%[4]	21%[4]	33%[4]	17%[4]	19%[4]
Employment	12%[4]	19%[4]	32%[4]	28%[4]	9%[4]
Education and skills	16%[4]	22%[4]	33%[4]	23%[4]	5%[4]
Health and disability	2%[4]	17%[4]	27%[4]	38%[4]	15%[4]
Crime	16%[4]	17%[4]	33%[4]	27%[4]	6%[4]
Housing and services	41%[4]	35%[4]	17%[4]	7%[4]	0%[4]
Living environment	15%[4]	19%[4]	10%[4]	20%[4]	37%[4]
Children in low-income families	10%[4]	19%[4]	33%[4]	25%[4]	14%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 66.4% of 53,578 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 30.1% of 106,743 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 12.9% of 106,756 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Grammar schools (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
Highworth Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 69 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]
The Norton Knatchbull School	11–18[2]	A8 64 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]

Secondary schools (6)

School	Ages	Headline results
Chilmington Green School	11–19[2]
Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre	11–18[2]	A8 38 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
The John Wallis Church of England Academy	0–19[2]	A8 36 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[9] KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
The North School	11–19[2]	A8 39 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre	11–19[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Wye School	11–16[2]	A8 45 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]

Primary schools (43)

School	Ages	Headline results
Aldington Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Ashford Oaks Community Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 34% 2024/25[10]
Ashford, St Mary's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Beaver Green Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Bethersden Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 46% 2024/25[10]
Brabourne Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 87% 2024/25[10]
Brook Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Challock Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Charing Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 93% 2024/25[10]
Chilham, St Mary's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 46% 2024/25[10]
Chilmington Green Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 46% 2024/25[10]
Downs View Infant School	4–7[2]
East Stour Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Egerton Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Finberry Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Furley Park Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Goat Lees Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 40% 2024/25[10]
Godinton Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Great Chart Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Hamstreet Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
High Halden Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 42% 2024/25[10]
John Mayne Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 27% 2024/25[10]
Kennington Church of England Academy	7–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Kingsnorth Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
Mersham Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Phoenix Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 41% 2024/25[10]
Pluckley Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
Repton Manor Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Rolvenden Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Smarden Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 89% 2024/25[10]
Smeeth Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
St Michael's Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, Ashford	5–11[2]	KS2 40% 2024/25[10]
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Tenterden Church of England Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 46% 2024/25[10]
Tenterden Infant School	5–11[2]
The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Victoria Road Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Willesborough Infant School	4–7[2]
Willesborough Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Wittersham Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Woodchurch Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
Ashford School	0–20[2]	AL B 2024/25[9]
Spring Grove School 2003 Ltd	2–11[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (9)

School	Ages	Headline results
Caldecott Foundation School	5–18[2]
Goldwyn School	10–19[2]
Greenfields School	5–18[2]
Heath Farm School	5–18[2]
Hope View School	7–18[2]
Kings Park School	7–16[2]
Little Acorns School	5–16[2]
The T3 School	11–16[2]
The Wyvern School (Buxford)	4–19[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS062 NS-SeC. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2022-12-08. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.