Towers School and Sixth Form Centre, Ashford

In 2026, pupils at Towers School and Sixth Form Centre averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.1 in Kent and 47 across England.

38% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 49% in Kent and 47% in England.

That is up from 40.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.29: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.8, against 44.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, French and History.

For September 2026 entry, 242 families put Towers School and Sixth Form Centre as their first choice and 838 named it as one of their preferences, for 240 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 35 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Towers School and Sixth Form Centre are Highworth Grammar School (1.6 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 69.2); The Norton Knatchbull School (1.9 miles, Good, selective, Attainment 8 64.2); The North School (2.1 miles, Attainment 8 39.4); and Wye School (2.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.3).

Towers School and Sixth Form Centre's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Towers School and Sixth Form Centre is run by its own single-school academy trust.

151 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Towers School and Sixth Form Centre (as of September 2025): 87% would recommend the school, 89% say their child is happy there and 76% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that pupils behave well (92%); the weakest, that the school supports their child's wider development (74%).

Of the 251 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 42% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 90 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 31% went on to university or other higher education, 9% to apprenticeships and 37% into work.

11.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (75%), Mixed (6%) and Black (6%).

In 2026, 177 pupils (11.5%) received SEN support and 30 (2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Wye Rail Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Towers School (outside), 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Towers School and Sixth Form Centre stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Towers School and Sixth Form Centre issued 286 suspensions, 18.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Towers School and Sixth Form Centre are Kennington Church of England Academy (0.3 miles), Downs View Infant School (0.3 miles), Goat Lees Primary School (0.5 miles) and Phoenix Community Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.