Secondary
The North School
Essella Road, Ashford, TN24 8AL
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1237 of 1265 places
- Local authority
- Kent
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2024
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
40%
41.1
4th of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Ashford we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.67 |
| Entered the EBacc | 37% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% |
| A level average points per entry | 30.34 |
| A level students | 48 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 38% |
| 23/24 | 34% |
| 24/25 | 40% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 29.9 |
| 23/24 | 28.2 |
| 24/25 | 30.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | +0.05 |
| 23/24 | -0.26 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 42.7 |
| 23/24 | 39.6 |
| 24/25 | 41.1 |
Essella Road, Ashford, TN24 8AL
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Kent admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head of School
- Clair Ellerby
- Address
- Essella Road, Ashford, TN24 8AL
- Telephone
- 01233614600