Towers School and Sixth Form Centre
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–19 · Ashford, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.442 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school in Ashford, Kent for ages 11–19 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 15 October 2024. Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 3.442 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 3.442 miles away, the 24th longest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was further than in 2025 and nearer than in 2023, and each year stayed close to the one before.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 242 first-choice applications for 240 offers; 207 offers went to first-choice families, and 35 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 29% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 40.6 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9AL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 1,538 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 15 October 2024
Strengths
- “A sense of community and belonging ensures that pupils feel safe and happy at this friendly school.”
- “Pupils speak highly of the care they receive from staff, who know them well.”
- “Pupils are proud to attend Towers School.”
To improve
- “A small number of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) do not receive their entitlement to a full-time education for extended periods of time.”
- “The school does not routinely review how effectively part-time timetables or external alternative provision supports pupils to re-engage positively with education.”
- “This means these pupils do not get the swift and precise support they need, further disengaging them from education.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 29% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 242 first-preference applications, 240 offers in total, 207 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Highworth Grammar School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Norton Knatchbull School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The North School 2.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wye School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chilmington Green School 4.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Lenham School 8.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Abbey School 9.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School 9.9 mi Good Last distance published