Aylesford School
Teapot Lane, Aylesford, ME20 7JU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- CHARACTER EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Tanya Kelvie
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Wrotham School
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,044
- Pupils on roll
- 916
- URN
- 149319
- Local authority
- Kent
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01622717341
About this school
Aylesford School is a secondary academy in Aylesford. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 916 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Aylesford School, and its latest judgement is set out below. 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 116 | 143 | 162 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.7 | 35.3 | 37.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.22 -0.48 to +0.04 | -0.84 -1.08 to -0.60 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% | 20.3% | 20.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 46.9% | 49.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 26% | 62.2% | 50% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
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 Aylesford 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 | 39.7 | 37.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 35.3 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.6 | 37.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 873 |
| 2023/24 | 897 |
| 2024/25 | 905 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Aylesford School compares
Aylesford School ranked 76th of 100 secondary schools in Kent for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.6 | 6.7% | 25.4% | 916 | — |
| The Malling School | 41 | 8.4% | 30.6% | 1,051 | 1.5 miles |
| The Holmesdale School | 41.6 | 9% | 36.5% | 606 | 2.1 miles |
| St Simon Stock Catholic School | 46.6 | 8.6% | 16.5% | 1,148 | 2.3 miles |
| The Maplesden Noakes School | 39.6 | 9.1% | 25.6% | 1,418 | 2.4 miles |
| Maidstone Grammar School for Girls | 66.4 | 5.3% | 9.9% | 1,254 | 2.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 25.35%
- English as an additional language
- 3.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.69%
- Persistent absence
- 18.29%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Malling School1.5 miles
Secondary · West Malling
-
The Holmesdale School2.1 miles
Secondary · Snodland
-
St Simon Stock Catholic School2.3 miles
Secondary · Maidstone
-
The Maplesden Noakes School2.4 miles
Secondary · Maidstone
-
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls2.4 miles
Secondary · Maidstone
Other schools in Aylesford
- Brookfield Infant School Primary
- Brookfield Junior School Primary
- Ditton Church of England Junior School Primary
- Ditton Infant School Primary
- Lunsford Primary School Primary
- St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Eccles Primary
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Valley Invicta Primary School At Aylesford Primary
- Sports Connect Other types
Common questions
- What ages does Aylesford School teach?
- Aylesford School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Aylesford.
- Who is the headteacher of Aylesford School?
- The headteacher of Aylesford School is Miss Tanya Kelvie, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Aylesford School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Aylesford School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Aylesford School?
- Aylesford School has 916 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Aylesford School full?
- Aylesford School has capacity for 1,044 pupils and 916 on roll (88%), 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 Aylesford School a faith school?
- No. Aylesford School has no designated religious character.
- Is Aylesford School a selective school?
- No. Aylesford School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Aylesford School part of an academy trust?
- Aylesford School is part of CHARACTER EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Aylesford School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.7 in 2022/23 and 37.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Aylesford School compare with other schools in Kent?
- Aylesford School ranked 76th of 100 secondary schools in Kent for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Aylesford School's absence rate?
- Aylesford School's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Aylesford School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Aylesford 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 10 July 2026.