The North School
Academy · Year 7–Year 13 · 1,237 pupils
The Norton Knatchbull School
Hythe Road, Ashford TN24 0QJ
Year groups
Year 7–Year 13
Secondary
Pupils
1,348
On roll
Ages
11–18
Capacity 1,316
Local authority
Kent
The Norton Knatchbull School
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. Data: key stage 2 tests, GCSE results (Attainment 8) and persistent absence, 2024/25 (Department for Education).
About The Norton Knatchbull School
The Norton Knatchbull School is a secondary academy in Ashford, Kent, for pupils aged 11–18 (Year 7–Year 13). It is part of The Norton Knatchbull School.
It has 1,348 pupils on roll and room for 1,316. It is a boys' 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
- Boys only
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Pupils on roll
- 1,348
- Capacity
- 1,316 pupils
- Free school meals
- 8.50% of pupils eligible
- Academy trust
- The Norton Knatchbull School
- Local authority
- Kent
- Nation
- England
- URN
- 138019
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