Living in Ashford with children
Ashford, Kent and Surrey. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 82,143 people in 32,180 households; 34.9% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
55 schools: 46 state primary, 6 state secondary, 3 privateAshford on the schools map →Every school in Ashford, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (46)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stowting Church of England Primary School | Good | Top 1% · 2nd in Kent | — |
| Lady Joanna Thornhill Endowed Primary School | Good | Top 5% · 13th in Kent | — |
| Pluckley Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 5% · 20th in Kent | — |
| St Michael Catholic Primary School & Nursery | Outstanding | Top 10% · 13th in Surrey | 2.15 miles (2026) |
| Brabourne Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | Top 10% · 28th in Kent | — |
| Bodsham Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 25% · 61st in Kent | — |
| Charing Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 25% · 66th in Kent | — |
| Challock Primary School | Outstanding | Top 25% · 76th in Kent | — |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 25% · 82nd in Kent | — |
| Great Chart Primary School | Outstanding | Top 25% · 88th in Kent | — |
| Smarden Primary School | School remains Good | Top 25% · 102nd in Kent | — |
| Finberry Primary School | School remains Good | Top 25% · 114th in Kent | — |
| The Echelford Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top half · 82nd in Surrey | — |
| Kingsnorth Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 143rd in Kent | — |
| Kennington Church of England Academy | School remains Good | Top half · 150th in Kent | — |
| Furley Park Primary Academy | Good | Top half · 154th in Kent | — |
| Godinton Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 170th in Kent | — |
| Ashford Park Primary School | Good | Top half · 120th in Surrey | — |
| Willesborough Junior School | School remains Good | Top half · 183rd in Kent | — |
| Sellindge Primary School | Good | Top half · 199th in Kent | — |
| East Stour Primary School | Improved significantly | Top half · 203rd in Kent | — |
| Aldington Primary School | Good | Top half · 209th in Kent | — |
| Clarendon Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 137th in Surrey | 0.47 miles (2026) |
| Egerton Church of England Primary School | Good | Lower half · 236th in Kent | — |
| Hamstreet Primary Academy | Good | Lower half · 245th in Kent | — |
| High Halden Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | Lower half · 247th in Kent | — |
| Chilmington Green Primary School | Good | Lower half · 251st in Kent | — |
| Repton Manor Primary School | Good | Lower half · 257th in Kent | — |
| Beaver Green Primary School | School remains Good | Lower half · 258th in Kent | — |
| Mersham Primary School | School remains Good | Lower half · 259th in Kent | — |
| Ashford CofE Primary School | Good | Lower half · 160th in Surrey | — |
| St Simon of England Roman Catholic Primary School, Ashford | Good | Lower half · 296th in Kent | — |
| Phoenix Community Primary School | School remains Good | Lower half · 305th in Kent | — |
| Woodchurch Church of England Primary School | Good | Lower half · 307th in Kent | — |
| Victoria Road Primary School | Good | Lower half · 310th in Kent | — |
| Ashford, St Mary's Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | Lower half · 318th in Kent | — |
| Bethersden Primary School | Good | Lower half · 319th in Kent | — |
| Smeeth Community Primary School | Good | Lower half · 322nd in Kent | — |
| Meadhurst Primary School | Good | Lower half · 199th in Surrey | — |
| John Mayne Church of England Primary School | Ofsted report card | Lower half · 343rd in Kent | — |
| Goat Lees Primary School | Standards maintained | Lower half · 368th in Kent | — |
| Brook Community Primary School | Good | Lower half · 390th in Kent | — |
| The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary School | School remains Good | Lower half · 394th in Kent | — |
| Ashford Oaks Community Primary School | Good | Lower half · 412th in Kent | — |
| Downs View Infant School | Good | — | — |
| Willesborough Infant School | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (6)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highworth Grammar School | Outstanding | Top 5% · 11th in Kent | — |
| The Norton Knatchbull School | Good | Top 10% · 23rd in Kent | — |
| The North School | Standards maintained | Lower half · 58th in Kent | — |
| Towers School and Sixth Form Centre | Good | Lower half · 59th in Kent | — |
| Thomas Knyvett College | Ofsted report card | Lower half · 54th in Surrey | — |
| The John Wallis Church of England Academy | Good | Lower half · 87th in Kent | — |
Private schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Lower half · 6th in Kent | — |
| St James Senior Boys' School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Lower half · 28th in Surrey | — |
| Spring Grove School 2003 Ltd | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (210 detached, 278 semi-detached, 308 terraced, 133 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Ashford. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Ashford →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 80% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 93%, on average across the 2,224 postcodes in TN25, TN23, TN24. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 6 outstanding; 41 good, or expected standard; 3 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.58 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 41 in Kent · 9 in Surrey.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 19 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Kent
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