The John Wallis Church of England Academy

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Ashford, TN23 3HG · Kent local authority

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

Directions

Its letter

of England’s secondaries have lower GCSE results

Getting in

138/138

first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 84%)

How full

1,650 pupils

96% of its 1,720 places

Free school meals

40%

40 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (30)

The gist

What stands out about The John Wallis Church of England Academy

Its own letter, C+: Key Stage 2 results better than 39% of England’s primary schools
Its own letter, D: GCSE results near the bottom of England’s secondary schools (better than 6%)
24% get grade 5 or above in English and maths, 24 points below England’s schools
Ofsted: Good, January 2024 (shown, not graded)
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (138 of 138)
Progress 8 of -0.72 in 2023/24, the last year DfE published it: pupils did less well at GCSE than pupils nationally with the same results at 11
Homes in its postcode sector (TN23 3) sold for a median £343,500; Ashford’s is £300,000

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 232 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools The John Wallis CofE beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 36.4

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 7% of schools · Kent avg 48.6

Grade 5+ in English and maths 24%

A strong pass · higher than 6% of schools · Kent avg 49%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24

31.8

2024/25

30.6

2025/26

36.4

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-0.72: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025/26

Attainment 8 for the 80 pupils DfE counts as disadvantaged (free school meals in the last 6 years, or looked after) and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged

31England 38.6

Not disadvantaged

39.2England 50.6

Grade 4 or above in English and maths48%

England’s schools 66% · Kent 68% · a standard pass

Key Stage 2 (age 11)

Reading, writing and maths 59%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 39% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Kent avg 62%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 104, maths 105 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading71%

England’s schools 77%

Writing (teacher assessed)73%

England’s schools 73%

Maths73%

England’s schools 75%

Grammar, punctuation and spelling63%

England’s schools 74%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 24 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged

46%England 48.5%

Not disadvantaged

71%England 69.4%

Reached the higher standard in all three8%

England’s schools 8% · Kent 10% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at The John Wallis Church of England Academy?

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

138

families put it first for September 2026

215

places offered

100%

of first choices offered a place (England’s secondaries: 84%)

First choices and places, by year of entry

−14

−59

−2

−15

−13

20192020202120222023202420252026

Families who put it firstPlaces offered

Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (14), 2020 (59), 2021 (2), 2022 (15), 2024 (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 John Wallis Church of England Academy, Ashford sets the admissions rules. Apply through Kent council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for secondary schools in Ashford, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

Highworth Grammar

1.25 per place
75% got their first choice

The Norton Knatchbull

1.17 per place
71% got their first choice

Towers School and Sixth Form Centre

1.01 per place
86% got their first choice

The North

0.96 per place
86% got their first choice

The John Wallis CofE

0.64 per place
100% got their first choice

Ashford and Kent, side by side

2025/26

All 99 graded secondaries in Kent. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Ashford’s schools are coloured by their letter.

ABCDElsewhere in KentThe John Wallis CofE

Show as a table

School	Letter	Free school meals	Attainment 8
Dartford Grammar School	A⁺	10%	78.9
The Judd School	A⁺	3%	78.3
Dartford Grammar School for Girls	A⁺	24%	77.3
Tonbridge Grammar School	A⁺	2%	77
The Skinners' School	A⁺	5%	72.7
Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School	A⁺	4%	72.5
Invicta Grammar School	A⁺	8%	70.8
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys	A⁺	8%	69.4
Weald of Kent Grammar School	A⁺	4%	69.3
Highworth Grammar School	A⁺	9%	69.2
Cranbrook School	A⁺	5%	68.3
Gravesend Grammar School	A⁺	11%	67.9
Wilmington Grammar School for Boys	A⁺	10%	67.6
Dane Court Grammar School	A⁺	19%	67.2
Maidstone Grammar School	A⁺	9%	67
Oakwood Park Grammar School	A⁺	8%	66.1
Barton Court Grammar School	A⁺	13%	66.1
Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School	A⁺	8%	66
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School	A⁺	8%	65.7
Wilmington Grammar School for Girls	A⁺	6%	65.3
The Harvey Grammar School	A⁺	15%	65.2
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys	A⁺	6%	64.5
The Norton Knatchbull School	A⁺	9%	64.2
Dover Grammar School for Boys	A⁺	21%	63.1
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls	A	10%	62.7
Borden Grammar School	A⁺	11%	62.7
The Folkestone School for Girls	A	14%	62.3
Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School	A	17%	62.2
Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend	A⁺	12%	62.2
Highsted Grammar School	A	13%	61.9
Sir Roger Manwood's School	A	13%	59
Duke of York's Royal Military School	A	0%	58.9
Dover Grammar School for Girls	A	20%	56.7
Bennett Memorial Diocesan School	A⁻	11%	53.4
Trinity School	B	18%	49.7
Hillview School for Girls	B	16%	49.1
School of Science and Technology Maidstone	B	14%	49.1
Dartford Science & Technology College	B	23%	47.1
Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy	B⁻	29%	46.5
St John's Catholic Comprehensive	C	28%	45.3
Wye School	B⁻	24%	45.3
Leigh Academy Ebbsfleet	C	38%	45.2
Leigh Academy Wilmington	C⁺	22%	45.1
St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury	C⁺	22%	45
St Gregory's Catholic School	B⁻	23%	44.8
Leigh Academy Tonbridge	C	35%	43.9
Skinners' Kent Academy	C⁺	30%	43.8
The Charles Dickens School	C⁻	43%	42.8
Towers School and Sixth Form Centre	C	31%	42.4
Westlands School	C	30%	42.3
Saint George's Church of England School	C	23%	42.1
Wrotham School	C⁻	20%	42.1
St Simon Stock Catholic School	C⁻	18%	42
Leigh Academy Mascalls	C	26%	41.9
Leigh Academy Longfield	C⁻	28%	41.8
Valley Park School	C⁻	23%	41.8
Knole Academy	C	24%	41.3
Ursuline College	C⁻	38%	40
Northfleet School for Girls	C⁻	40%	39.8
The Holmesdale School	D	36%	39.7
Stone Lodge School	D	31%	39.5
Turner Free School	C⁻	46%	39.4
The North School	C⁻	35%	39.4
The Malling School	D	32%	39.3
Hadlow Rural Community School	D	33%	39.3
Orion Spires	C⁻	44%	39.2
The Marsh Academy	C⁻	39%	38.7
King Ethelbert School	D	40%	38.7
Meopham School	D	21%	38.4
Orchards Academy	D	43%	38.3
Leigh Academy Hugh Christie	D	40%	38.2
Folkestone Academy	D	55%	38
Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre	D	29%	37.7
St George's Church of England Foundation School	D	35%	37.4
The Whitstable School	D	28%	37.4
The Lenham School	D	31%	37.3
Cornwallis Academy	D	34%	37.2
Aylesford School	D	25%	37.2
Fulston Manor School	D	27%	36.8
The Abbey School	D	40%	36.7
Thamesview School	D	48%	36.6
The John Wallis Church of England Academy	D	40%	36.4
Brockhill Park Performing Arts College	D⁻	34%	36.1
The Maplesden Noakes School	D⁻	27%	36
Dover Christ Church Academy	D	54%	35.8
Northfleet Technology College	D	38%	35.7
Herne Bay High School	D	33%	35.5
St Augustine Academy	D	36%	35.4
Hartsdown Academy	D	64%	35.3
The Canterbury Academy	D	34%	35.2
The Sittingbourne School	D	39%	34.8
St Edmund's Catholic School	D⁻	44%	33.7
Leigh Academy Minster	D⁻	42%	33.2
The Archbishop's School	D⁻	57%	32.1
The Royal Harbour Academy	D⁻	64%	31.1
Goodwin Academy	D⁻	48%	30.7
Astor Secondary School	D⁻	63%	30.3
Sandwich Technology School	D⁻	40%	30
New Line Learning Academy	D⁻	51%	29.2

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

1,731 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

18.4%England 14%

EHC plan

2.5%England 3.2%

English as an additional language

22.3%England 19%

Free school meals in the last 6 years

41.7%England 29.6%

Girls and boys

Girls 49%Boys 51%

Its letter

The John Wallis Church of England Academy’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths C⁺Better than 39% of 15,230 schools

Secondary: Attainment 8 and grade 5+ English and maths DBetter than 6% of 3,224 schools

How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A⁺ 95+A 85–94A⁻ 75–84B⁺ 65–74B 55–64B⁻ 45–54C⁺ 35–44C 25–34C⁻ 15–24D 5–14D⁻ 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

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

Graded inspection: Good, January 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The John Wallis Church of England Academy

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

Home prices in TN23 3, the school’s postcode sector

Ashford property prices →

£343,500

median sale, 691 sales in 36 months · Ashford £300,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

TN23 3Ashford

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached

£465K

Semi-detached

£324K

Terraced

£280K

Flat

£184K

TN23 3Ashford

Homes in TN23 3 sell for a little over 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

11 state schools

ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Location

Directions ↗

Ashford, TN23 3HG

The John Wallis Church of England Academy: common questions

Is The John Wallis Church of England Academy a good school?

By its published results, well below average: its GCSE results are better than 6% of England’s secondary schools (its letter is D), with an Attainment 8 of 36.4 and 24% getting grade 5 or above in English and maths, against 47.3 and 47% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, January 2024.

How hard is it to get into The John Wallis Church of England Academy?

For September 2026, 138 families put The John Wallis Church of England Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 215 places were offered in all.

What is The John Wallis Church of England Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (January 2024).

How much do houses cost near The John Wallis Church of England Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, TN23 3, sold for a median £343,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (691 sales).

Official recordDfE register (GIAS) ↗DfE performance tables ↗Ofsted reports ↗School website ↗URN 136197

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.

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