Towers School and Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school located in Ashford. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education and management effectiveness are good, outcomes for pupils is requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 23/01/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.5%, which is 2.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Faversham Road, Ashford, TN24 9AL
Website: www.towers.kent.sch.uk
Telephone: 01233634171
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Kent
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Richard Billings
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136583

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 23/01/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1625
Number of Pupils: 1291
Number of Boys: 616
Number of Girls: 675

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 17.6% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.5 Confidence interval -0.71 to -0.29
Of the 149 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 142 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:66%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:98%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:26%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:36.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.13
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Kennington Church of England Academy
Upper Vicarage Road , Kennington TN24 9AG
3out of 4 610 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Downs View Infant School
Ball Lane , Kennington TN25 4PJ
4out of 4 612 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Goat Lees Primary School
Hurst Road , Kennington TN24 9RR
3out of 4 887 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Phoenix Community Primary School
Belmont Road , Kennington TN24 9LS
3out of 4 1,198 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
Quantock Drive , TN24 8QN
3out of 4 2,607 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Highworth Grammar School
Maidstone Road , TN24 8UD
4out of 4 2,867 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Girls More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Spring Grove School 2003 Ltd
Harville Road , Wye TN25 5EZ
- not rated 2,998 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Ashford School
East Hill , TN24 8PB
- not rated 3,004 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.