St James Senior Boys' School, Ashford

From the headteacher's welcome: "Although this is my first year as Head of Sixth Form, over the past five years I have built up a wealth of experience in Key Stage 5 education, both through A-level teaching and through supporting students with UCAS, pastoral matters, and the wider challenges and opportunities that come with these important years."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include drama and STEM.

Coming up: an open day on Tuesday 10 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

The Department for Education's GCSE measures do not count IGCSEs, which many independent schools take instead of GCSEs, so the Attainment 8 and English and maths figures it publishes for St James Senior Boys' School can understate its results. We do not rank or compare them; ask the school for its own GCSE and IGCSE results.

The nearest other independent schools to St James Senior Boys' School are Staines Preparatory School (1.5 miles), The St Michael Steiner School (3.1 miles), T A S I S (3.3 miles) and Halliford School (3.5 miles).

Of the 28 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 57% went on to university or other higher education and 7% into work.

In 2026, 72 pupils (29.5%) received SEN support and 8 (3.3%) had an education, health and care plan.

The nearest railway station is Ashford (Surrey) Rail Station, about 210 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Station Crescent (opposite), 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 189 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, public order offences and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Surrey (76), as is usual near a town centre.