The North School
Academy · Year 7–Year 13 · 1,237 pupils
Highworth Grammar School
Maidstone Road, Ashford TN24 8UD
Year groups
Year 7–Year 13
Secondary
Pupils
1,553
On roll
Ages
11–18
Capacity 1,520
Local authority
Kent
Highworth Grammar School Trust
Schola Grade 9
GCSE-style grade (9–1) · compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other state-funded secondary schools in England; the line marks the middle. Some measures aren't reported for this school, so the grade uses the ones available. Data: key stage 2 tests, GCSE results (Attainment 8) and persistent absence, 2024/25 (Department for Education).
About Highworth Grammar School
Highworth Grammar School is a secondary academy in Ashford, Kent, for pupils aged 11–18 (Year 7–Year 13). It is part of Highworth Grammar School Trust.
It has 1,553 pupils on roll and room for 1,520. It is a girls' school. It is a grammar school: state-funded, and admitting pupils by an entrance test. It has a sixth form. Its Schola Grade is 9 on the GCSE-style 9–1 scale, compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England.
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Academy · What this means
- Level
- Secondary
- Year groups
- Year 7–Year 13
- Ages
- 11–18
- Official type
- Academy converter
- Pupils
- Girls only
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Pupils on roll
- 1,553
- Capacity
- 1,520 pupils
- Free school meals
- 9.10% of pupils eligible
- Academy trust
- Highworth Grammar School Trust
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nation
- England
- URN
- 136379
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