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Willesborough Infant School

PrimaryAges 4–7Foundation

Ashford, TN24 0JZ · Kent local authority

Ashford’s School Grade B better than 59% of towns in England

Getting in
90/90
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
333 pupils
93% of its 360 places
Free school meals
14%
14 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Willesborough Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 14% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, September 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (90 of 90)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (TN24 0) sold for a median £300,000; Ashford’s is £300,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Willesborough Infant School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

90
families put it first for September 2026
100
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (13). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The school’s governing body sets the admissions rules. Apply through Kent council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Ashford, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.38 per place
71% got their first choice
1.10 per place
91% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
93% got their first choice
0.98 per place
97% got their first choice
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice
0.97 per place
100% got their first choice
0.95 per place
95% got their first choice
0.95 per place
100% got their first choice
Willesborough Infant
0.90 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

353 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
13.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0.6%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
26.3%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
13.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 52%Boys 48%
Its letter

No letter for Willesborough Infant School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, September 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Willesborough Infant School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in TN24 0, the school’s postcode sector

Ashford property prices →
£300,000
median sale, 501 sales in 36 months · Ashford £300,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025TN24 0Ashford
TN24 0Ashford

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£425K
Semi-detached
£320K
Terraced
£275K
Flat
£158K
TN24 0Ashford

Homes in TN24 0 sell for about the same as Ashford’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

6 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCBA+AC−B+Willesborough Infant School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Ashford, TN24 0JZ

Willesborough Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Willesborough Infant School?

For September 2026, 90 families put Willesborough Infant School first and all of them were offered a place; 100 places were offered in all.

What is Willesborough Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (September 2022).

How much do houses cost near Willesborough Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, TN24 0, sold for a median £300,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (501 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Ashford’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.