The North School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 39 39.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 39.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 31.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 3.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.26 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	Progress 8
2024/25	41.1[6]	39.5%[6]
2023/24	39.6[4]	34.1%[4]	-0.26[4]
2022/23	42.7[7]	38%[7]	+0.05[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 21.7% 2024/25[3]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	C-[8]	16.7%[8]
2022/23	C[9]	0%[9]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 88% 2022/23[10]
School sixth form: 45% 2022/23[10]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[10]
Further education college: 38% 2022/23[10]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[10]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[10]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	95%[11]	38%[11]	0%[11]	48%[11]	3%[11]	5%[11]
2020/21	93%[12]	53%[12]	0%[12]	30%[12]	4%[12]	6%[12]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 78% 2022/23[13]
UK higher education: 30% 2022/23[13]
Education: 32% 2022/23[13]
Apprenticeship: 6% 2022/23[13]
Employment: 41% 2022/23[13]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	83%[14]	30%[14]	30%[14]	11%[14]	42%[14]
2020/21	81%[15]	36%[15]	41%[15]	3%[15]	37%[15]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 42% 2021/22[16]
Top third of most selective universities: 0% 2021/22[16]
Russell Group universities: 3% 2019/20[17]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2019/20[17]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	54%[18]	6%[18]
2019/20	55%[17]	3%[17]	3%[17]	0%[17]

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: 12 Nov 2024[19]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[19]
Report published: 17 Dec 2024[19]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[19]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: Standards maintained[19]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 3.4 Entry Sept 2026[20]
Applications (any preference): 696 Entry Sept 2026[20]
First preferences: 197 Entry Sept 2026[20]
Places offered: 206 Entry Sept 2026[20]
First preferences per place: 1.0 Entry Sept 2026[20]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	660[20]	199[20]	193[20]	3.4[20]	1.0[20]
Entry Sept 2024	722[20]	197[20]	206[20]	3.5[20]	1.0[20]
Entry Sept 2023	726[20]	243[20]	233[20]	3.1[20]	1.0[20]
Entry Sept 2022	555[20]	226[20]	225[20]	2.5[20]	1.0[20]

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: 1265[1]
Trust: SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: https://www.thenorthschool.org.uk/[1]
District: Ashford [21]
Postcode: TN24 8AL[1]
URN: 148712[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1270 2024/25[22]
English as an additional language: 16.7% 2024/25[22]
SEN support: 11.7% 2024/25[22]
EHC plan: 4.6% 2024/25[22]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 32.9% 2024/25[22]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 77.3%[23]
Mixed: 5.9%[23]
Asian: 7.4%[23]
Black: 7.5%[23]
Any other ethnic group: 0.8%[23]
Unclassified: 1.1%[23]

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

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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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