Towers School and Sixth Form Centre
Ashford, TN24 9AL · Kent · secondary school
80th of 99 secondary schools in Kent we can score, 103 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 1.8/10 against 820 of them, against 2.2/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 29.3 · 16 | 46% | 0.72 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | -0.29 · 28 | 38% | 1.08 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 40.6 · 23 | 15% | 0.36 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. In 2024/25, 29.3% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 40.6, against a national median of 44.6. Progress 8 for 2023/24 was -0.29, indicating pupils did worse than peers nationally who started from the same place. Its results are much the same when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so the gap is not explained by intake (1.8 out of 10 against similar schools, 2.2 out of 10 against all schools).
Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join the RSC club, participate in Towers By HeART, and Year 13 students take a business trip to London.
Getting in. There are 1559 pupils in a school with 1625 places, leaving 66 spare places. The school is close to full, so places are likely to be competitive.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils who fall below the national median in Attainment 8? What specific support is available for students aiming to improve their Progress 8 scores? How does the RSC club operate for different year groups?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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