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Towers School and Sixth Form Centre[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 42 42.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
42.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
37.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
7.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.29 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 40.6[6] 29.3%[6]
2023/24 40.2[4] 35.1%[4] -0.29[4]
2022/23 40.7[7] 28%[7] -0.15[7]
2021/22 43.6[8] 43%[8] -0.12[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
14.3% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C-[10] 0%[10]
2022/23 D[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 D-[12] 0%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
51% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2021/22[15]
Further education college
32% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[15] 56%[15] 0%[15] 26%[15] 5%[15] 7%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 53%[16] 0%[16] 31%[16] 3%[16] 7%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 54%[17] 1%[17] 32%[17] 2%[17] 7%[17]
2018/19 87%[18] 54%[18] 0%[18] 23%[18] 5%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
81% 2022/23[19]
Education
36% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
12% 2022/23[19]
Employment
33% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 29%[20] 8%[20] 49%[20]
2020/21 85%[21] 35%[21] 6%[21] 43%[21]
2019/20 70%[22] 27%[22] 8%[22] 35%[22]
2018/19 84%[23] 34%[23] 8%[23] 42%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
40% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
0% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
0% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 45%[26] 2%[26]
2019/20 35%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 37%[27] 3%[27] 2%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 55%[28] 1%[28] 0%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
15 Oct 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
21 Nov 2024[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Requires improvement[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
22 Jan 2019[30] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3[30] Good[30]
13 Oct 2016[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2[31] Requires improvement[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.5 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
838 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
242 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
240 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 813[32] 247[32] 238[32] 3.4[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2024 849[32] 244[32] 259[32] 3.3[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2023 766[32] 253[32] 287[32] 2.7[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2022 592[32] 208[32] 268[32] 2.2[32] 0.8[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1625[1]
Trust
TOWERS SCHOOL ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Kent[1]
Website
www.towers.kent.sch.uk[1]
District
Ashford[33]
Postcode
TN24 9AL[1]
URN
136583[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1559 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
15.1% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
10.4% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
1.5% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
30.2% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
80.4%[35]
Mixed
6.3%[35]
Asian
4.3%[35]
Black
6.2%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1.3%[35]
Unclassified
1.6%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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