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Aylesford School

URN
149319
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Aylesford School
URN
149319
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

46 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

37

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

40

Destinations

38

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
24 June 2025
Inspection date
29 April 2025
Inspection type
Academy First Section 5
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Requires improvement

    Graded 24 June 2025

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Good

    Graded 24 June 2025

  • Personal development

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

177

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

501

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

177

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.83×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Kent
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Kent)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.aylesford.kent.sch.uk

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Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

37.6

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

20.4%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

49.4%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

50.0%

EBacc achievement

Location

ME20 7JU - Teapot Lane, Aylesford, Kent

Contact details

Address
Teapot Lane, Aylesford, Kent
Postcode
ME20 7JU
Phone
1622717341
Website
www.aylesford.kent.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Kent
Local authority code
886

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 1,366 schools in Kent.

Authority statistics

Total schools

1,366

Open schools

715

Closed schools

651

Primary schools

816

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Good

    Graded 24 June 2025

  • Leadership and management

    Requires improvement

    Graded 24 June 2025

  • Sixth form

    Good

    Graded 24 June 2025

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    24 June 202529 April 2025Academy First Section 5InspectionView report for inspection published 24 June 2025
    • Inspection

      Published
      24 June 2025
      Inspected
      29 April 2025
      Type
      Academy First Section 5
      Report
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    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    35.3%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 119

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    2.5%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    22.5

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.39

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    Not published

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    73.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    5.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    4.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    8.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    218

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary816 (59.8%)
    • Secondary218 (16.0%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other331 (24.2%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Aylesford School104 mSecondaryClosed
    Aylesford Primary School122 mPrimaryClosed
    Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford122 mPrimaryOpen
    Ditton Infant School702 mPrimaryOpen
    Ditton Church of England Junior School857 mPrimaryOpen
    Ditton Church of England Junior School857 mPrimaryClosed
    Sports Connect1.1 kmNot applicableOpen
    St Peter's Church of England Primary School1.3 kmPrimaryOpen
    Brookfield Junior School1.8 kmPrimaryOpen
    Brookfield Infant School1.8 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Aylesford School
      Distance
      104 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Aylesford Primary School
      Distance
      122 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford
      Distance
      122 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Ditton Infant School
      Distance
      702 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Kent)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Angley School - A Sports CollegeSecondaryTN17 2PJClosed
    Archers Court Maths and Computing CollegeSecondaryCT16 2EGClosed
    Ashford Christ Church Church of England Maths & Computing Specialist CollegeSecondaryTN23 3HGClosed
    Astor College (A Specialist College for the Arts)SecondaryCT17 0ASClosed
    Astor Secondary SchoolSecondaryCT17 0ASOpen
    • Angley School - A Sports College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      TN17 2PJ
      Status
      Closed
    • Archers Court Maths and Computing College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      CT16 2EG
      Status
      Closed
    • Ashford Christ Church Church of England Maths & Computing Specialist College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      TN23 3HG
      Status
      Closed
    • Astor College (A Specialist College for the Arts)
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      CT17 0AS
      Status
      Closed
    Ditton Church of England Junior School
    Distance
    857 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Ditton Church of England Junior School
    Distance
    857 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Sports Connect
    Distance
    1.1 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • St Peter's Church of England Primary School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Brookfield Junior School
    Distance
    1.8 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Brookfield Infant School
    Distance
    1.8 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Astor Secondary School
    Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    CT17 0AS
    Status
    Open