Aylesford School
About the school
Aylesford School is an open secondary school in Kent.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 29 April 2025
- Published
- 24 June 2025
- Inspection type
- Academy First Section 5
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 37.6
- Kent
- 46.7
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Kent
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 20.40%
- Kent
- 47.00%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 49.40%
- Kent
- 65.10%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 50.00%
- Kent
- 46.90%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.31
- Kent
- 4.18
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- D+
Average A-level points
- School
- 22.5
AAB or better
- School
- Suppressed
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
905
Girls
46.52%
Boys
53.48%
SEN support
21.10%
Education, health and care plan
1.10%
English as an additional language
3.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
25.35%
Overall absence
6.69
Persistent absence
18.29
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
116
Sustained education or employment
83%
Education
73%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
5%
Not sustained
8%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
47
Sustained education or employment
87%
Higher education
21%
Further education
2%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
62%