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The John Wallis Church of England Academy

  • 0–19Ages
  • 1,650Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136197URN

Millbank Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3HG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
1.2 below Kent median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in KentSelective

401 applications for 215 places · 92nd of 103 in Kent
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
36.4of 90
83rd of 100 in Kent
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 31 January 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.9applications per place, Year 7
1.2 below Kent median (3.1) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

401 applications · 215 places offered · 138 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.9; Kent median median 3.1
  2. 2025 2.1; Kent median median 3.0
  3. 2024 2.3; Kent median median 3.2
  4. 2023 1.9; Kent median median 3.2
  5. 2022 1.8; Kent median median 2.9
  6. 2021 2.3; Kent median median 3.6
  7. 2020 2.3; Kent median median 3.1
  8. 2019 2.0; Kent median median 2.9
  9. 2018 2.2; Kent median median 3.1
  10. 2017 1.9; Kent median median 3.0
  11. 2016 2.2; Kent median median 3.3
  12. 2015 1.8; Kent median median 3.2
  13. 2014 2.1; Kent median median 3.1
More applications per place than the Kent median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Kent median

Reception entry, September 2026: 1.4 per place (62 applications for 43 places).

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262154011.91380.64
Sep 20252044272.11390.68
Sep 20242094882.31930.92
Sep 20232635111.92020.77
Sep 20222584511.82370.92
Sep 20212385402.31900.80
Sep 20202355482.32741.17
Sep 20192404862.02330.97
Sep 20182084592.22030.98
Sep 20172084021.91780.86
Sep 20162084622.21920.92
Sep 20152103761.81830.87
Sep 20141733582.11600.92

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

232 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)36.483rd of 100 in Kent
Grade 5 or above in English and maths24%81st of 100 in Kent
Grade 4 or above in English and maths48%
  • This school
  • Kent median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.72
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23236.424%48%–
2024/2522930.621%37%–
2023/2423631.820%40%−0.72
2022/2320635.120%43%−0.45

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
All-through
URN · DfE number
136197 · 886/6919
Trust
The John Wallis Church of England Academy, Ashford
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
1,720 pupils · 1,650 on roll
Free school meals
39.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2010
Address
Millbank Road, Kingsnorth, Ashford, TN23 3HG
Local authority
Kent · Ashford

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources