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Aylesford School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Teapot Lane, Aylesford ME20 7JU · aylesford.kent.sch.uk · 01622 717341

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
GCSEs, 2024/25
37.6
average Attainment 8 score. Kent 46.7, England 46
Demand for places
0.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
916
88% of 1,044 places
Local authority
Kent
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
25.1%
First language not English
2.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Character Education Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 88 families put the school first and 166 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 147 (Places 177)147September 2023: 134 (Places 178)134September 2024: 164 (Places 178)164September 2025: 133 (Places 177)133September 2026: 88 (Places 166)88Places 166
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026166880.5100%
September 2025Sept 20251771330.889%
September 2024Sept 20241781640.971%
September 2023Sept 20231781340.899%
September 2022Sept 20221771470.892%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 37.6, and 20.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Kent it was 46.7, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D+ (22.5 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 32.1 (England 46.3)32.12017/18: 35.3 (England 46.5)35.32018/19: 37.3 (England 46.7)37.32022/23: 39.7 (England 46.3)39.72023/24: 35.3 (England 45.9)35.32024/25: 37.6 (England 46.0)37.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼37.646.0
▼20.4%45.4%
▼49.4%64.8%
▲50.0%40.5%
▼3.314.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 118882)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form19.6−16.5
Further education55.2+12.3
Apprenticeship7+1.1
Employment6.3−2.9
Not in a lasting destination7.7+4.3
Activity not captured4.2+1.7

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2021/22: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1922/2323/2424/252015/16: 16.7 (England 30.5)D-2016/17: 18.9 (England 31.1)D2022/23: 15.8 (England 34.2)D-2023/24: 22.0 (England 34.4)D+2024/25: 22.5 (England 35.0)D+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
18 studentsD+ (22.5)Average -0.39
18 studentsD+ (22.9)Average -0.37
26 studentsMerit- (23.3)Below average -0.30
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2418D+ (22)-0.45
2022/2328D- (15.8)—
2016/1732D (18.9)-0.33
2015/1628D- (16.7)-0.59

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University32.4+1.4
Apprenticeship13.5+4
Employment32.4−8.1
Not in a lasting destination10.8−1.1
Activity not captured10.8+3.7

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Aylesford School on 29 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
29 Apr 2025
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth formGood

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2020

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 118882), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Mar 2020Good
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118882)

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2017Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118882)

  • Jan 2014Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 118882)

What parents said

70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (158 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
70%
Replies
158
17% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼78% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼83% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼66% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼76% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼75% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼78% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼71% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼85% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲95% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼71% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼66% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 87% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼44% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 39% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼64% agreeEngland 67%

based on 62 parents (39%) with SEND

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