Heath Farm School
Egerton Road, Charing Heath, Ashford, TN27 0AX
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 5 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Harrap-Stanley
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 179
- Pupils on roll
- 141
- URN
- 119009
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01233712030
About this school
Heath Farm School is an independent special school in Ashford. It teaches children aged 5 to 18 and has 141 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Heath Farm School under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Heath Farm School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in December 1988, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 15 | 8 | 18 |
| Attainment 8 score | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Heath Farm School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Kent average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1 | 37.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 0.6 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 0.8 | 37.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 107 |
| 2024/25 | 130 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 141
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Earley Springs3.6 miles
Special schools · Maidstone
-
Goldwyn School4.5 miles
Special schools · Ashford
-
Infiniti School5.1 miles
Special schools · Kent
-
The Wyvern School (Buxford)5.7 miles
Special schools · Ashford
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The T3 School6.6 miles
Special schools
Other schools in Ashford
- Caldecott Foundation School Special schools
- Goldwyn School Special schools
- Greenfields School Special schools
- Kings Park School Special schools
- The Wyvern School (Buxford) Special schools
- Aldington Primary School Primary
- Ashford Oaks Community Primary School Primary
- Ashford, St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Beaver Green Primary School Primary
- Bethersden Primary School Primary
- Bodsham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Brabourne Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Heath Farm School teach?
- Heath Farm School teaches children aged 5 to 18. It is a special school in Ashford.
- Who is the headteacher of Heath Farm School?
- The headteacher of Heath Farm School is Mrs Claire Harrap-Stanley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Heath Farm School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Heath Farm School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Heath Farm School?
- Heath Farm School has 141 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 18.
- Is Heath Farm School full?
- Heath Farm School has capacity for 179 pupils and 141 on roll (79%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Heath Farm School a faith school?
- No. Heath Farm School has no designated religious character.
- How have Heath Farm School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 1 in 2022/23 and 0.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Heath Farm School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Heath Farm School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 24 July 2026.