The North School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedAcademy converter · Secondary
Ashford · TN24 8AL · Kent
Ages 11–19
- Att839.6
- P8-0.3
- EM5+34%
- Absence10.0%
0.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 138019
The Norton Knatchbull School
Academy converter · Ashford · TN24 0QJ
Ages 11–18 · 1,348 pupils · Kent
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
64.2
Overall absence
5.2%
Admissions demand
1.19 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-12-13
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.32
−20+2
Attainment 864.2
English & maths grade 5+86%
English & maths grade 4+97%
EBacc entry97%
EBacc APS: 6.2
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)11.6%
Unauthorised0.9%
- Authorised absence
- 4.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,042
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.19 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
229
Places offered
198
1st-preference offers
171
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 407
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 198
- Applications from outside LA
- 19
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 13
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill102%
1,348 pupils · 1,316 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,348
- Boys / girls
- 1,297 / 51
- School capacity
- 1,316
- Capacity fill
- 1,348 / 1,316 (102%)
- Free school meals
- 8.5%
- FSM pupils
- 88
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Gender
- Boys
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE NORTON KNATCHBULL SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- THE NORTON KNATCHBULL SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mr Ben Greene
Location
- Address
- Hythe Road
- Postcode
- TN24 0QJ
- Town
- Ashford
- County
- Kent
- Local authority
- Kent
- District
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Ashford
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Boys academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Ashford, Kent, 1,348 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, selective admissions. Free school meals: 8.5%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Highworth Grammar School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Ashford · TN24 8UD · Kent
Ages 11–18
- Att868.8
- P80.7
- EM5+89%
- Absence5.6%
1.3 miles away
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Ashford · TN24 9AL · Kent
Ages 11–19
- Att840.2
- P8-0.3
- EM5+35%
- Absence9.6%
1.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Ben Greene
- Telephone
- 01233620045