The John Wallis Church of England Academy is a all-through school located in Ashford. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 10/01/2014. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.9%, which is 2.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Millbank Road, Ashford, TN23 3HG
Website: http://www.thejohnwallisacademy.org
Telephone: 01233623465
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: All-through
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Damian McBeath
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136197

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 10/01/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1790
Number of Pupils: 1621
Number of Boys: 801
Number of Girls: 820

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 19.9% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -0.8 Confidence interval -2.5 to 1
Writing
Average: 0.2 Confidence interval -1.4 to 1.8
Maths
Average: -1.3 Confidence interval -2.8 to 0.2

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:56%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:8%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:102
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:102
England Average:105

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.11 Confidence interval -0.09 to 0.3
Of the 174 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 162 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:17%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:90%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:23%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:39.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.07
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Beaver Green Primary School
Cuckoo Lane , TN23 5DA
3out of 4 1,000 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, Ashford
Noakes Meadow , TN23 4RB
3out of 4 1,312 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Kingsnorth Church of England Primary School
Church Hill , Kingsnorth TN23 3EF
3out of 4 1,316 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary School
Wesley School Road , Cuckoo Lane TN23 5LW
3out of 4 1,407 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Ashford Oaks Community Primary School
Oak Tree Road , TN23 4QR
3out of 4 1,625 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The North School
Essella Road , TN24 8AL
3out of 4 3,040 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The John Wallis Church of England Academy
Millbank Road , Kingsnorth TN23 3HG
3out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Goldwyn Sixth Form College
Unit 3 , Norfolk Drive TN23 4FB
- not rated 2,380 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Wyvern School (Buxford)
Great Chart Bypass , TN23 4ER
3out of 4 2,399 yd Foundation special school Yes Mixed More About School
Ashford School
East Hill , TN24 8PB
- not rated 3,202 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.