School Summary
The North School
Girls: 518
Total Pupils: 1221
Opened: 01-01-2022
Ofsted:
Head of School: Clair Ellerby
The North School
Essella Road
Ashford
Kent
TN24 8AL
Telephone: 01233614600
Website: https://www.thenorthschool.org.uk/
Head of School: Clair Ellerby
The North School
Essella Road
Ashford
Kent
TN24 8AL
Telephone: 01233614600
Website: https://www.thenorthschool.org.uk/
AccreditationExpiryDate:
Address3:
AdministrativeWard (code): E05011753
AdministrativeWard (name): Furley
AdmissionsPolicy (code): 4
AdmissionsPolicy (name): Non-selective
BSOInspectorateName (name): Not applicable
Boarders (code): 1
Boarders (name): No boarders
BoardingEstablishment (name):
CCF (name): Not applicable
CHNumber:
CensusDate: 20-01-2022
CloseDate:
Country (name):
County (name): Kent
DateOfLastInspectionVisit:
Diocese (code): 0000
Diocese (name): Not applicable
DistrictAdministrative (code): E07000105
DistrictAdministrative (name): Ashford
EBD (name): Not applicable
Easting: 601952
EdByOther (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentAccredited (code): 0
EstablishmentAccredited (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentName: The North School
EstablishmentNumber: 4246
EstablishmentStatus (code): 1
EstablishmentStatus (name): Open
EstablishmentTypeGroup (code): 10
EstablishmentTypeGroup (name): Academies
FEHEIdentifier:
FSM: 303
FTProv (name): Not applicable
FederationFlag (name): Not applicable
Federations (code):
Federations (name):
FurtherEducationType (name):
GOR (code): J
GOR (name): South East
GSSLACode (name): E10000016
Gender (code): 3
Gender (name): Mixed
HeadFirstName: Clair
HeadLastName: Ellerby
HeadPreferredJobTitle: Head of School
HeadTitle (name): Mrs
InspectorateName (name): Not applicable
InspectorateReport:
LA (code): 886
LA (name): Kent
LSOA (code): E01024023
LSOA (name): Ashford 005C
LastChangedDate: 02-05-2023
Locality:
MSOA (code): E02005000
MSOA (name): Ashford 005
NextInspectionVisit:
Northing: 142258
NumberOfBoys: 703
NumberOfGirls: 518
NumberOfPupils: 1221
NurseryProvision (name): No Nursery Classes
OfficialSixthForm (code): 1
OfficialSixthForm (name): Has a sixth form
OfstedLastInsp:
OfstedRating (name):
OfstedSpecialMeasures (code): 0
OfstedSpecialMeasures (name): Not applicable
OpenDate: 01-01-2022
ParliamentaryConstituency (code): E14000536
ParliamentaryConstituency (name): Ashford
PercentageFSM: 28.40
PhaseOfEducation (code): 4
PhaseOfEducation (name): Secondary
PlacesPRU:
Postcode: TN24 8AL
PreviousEstablishmentNumber: 4246
PreviousLA (code): 922
PreviousLA (name): Pre LGR (1998) Kent
PropsName:
QABName (code): 0
QABName (name): Not applicable
QABReport:
RSCRegion (name): South-East England and South London
ReasonEstablishmentClosed (code): 99
ReasonEstablishmentClosed (name):
ReasonEstablishmentOpened (code): 10
ReasonEstablishmentOpened (name): Academy Converter
ReligiousCharacter (code): 00
ReligiousCharacter (name): Does not apply
ReligiousEthos (name): Does not apply
ResourcedProvisionCapacity: 25
ResourcedProvisionOnRoll: 27
SEN1 (name): ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
SEN10 (name):
SEN11 (name):
SEN12 (name):
SEN13 (name):
SEN2 (name):
SEN3 (name):
SEN4 (name):
SEN5 (name):
SEN6 (name):
SEN7 (name):
SEN8 (name):
SEN9 (name):
SENNoStat:
SENPRU (name): Not applicable
SENStat:
SchoolCapacity: 1265
SchoolSponsorFlag (name): Linked to a sponsor
SchoolSponsors (name): Swale Academies Trust
SchoolWebsite: https://www.thenorthschool.org.uk/
Section41Approved (name): Not applicable
SenUnitCapacity:
SenUnitOnRoll:
SiteName:
SpecialClasses (code): 0
SpecialClasses (name): Not applicable
StatutoryHighAge: 19
StatutoryLowAge: 11
Street: Essella Road
TeenMoth (name): Not applicable
TeenMothPlaces:
TelephoneNum: 01233614600
Town: Ashford
TrustSchoolFlag (code): 3
TrustSchoolFlag (name): Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts (code): 4885
Trusts (name): SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST
TypeOfEstablishment (code): 34
TypeOfEstablishment (name): Academy converter
TypeOfResourcedProvision (name): Resourced provision
UKPRN: 10088876
UPRN: 100062560863
URN: 148712
UrbanRural (code): C1
UrbanRural (name): (England/Wales) Urban city and town
id: 46804
name: "places\/ChIJ7dAH_lfa3kcRqsIvMTQIMoo"
id: "ChIJ7dAH_lfa3kcRqsIvMTQIMoo"
types: ["secondary_school","school","point_of_interest","establishment"]
nationalPhoneNumber: "01233 614600"
internationalPhoneNumber: "+44 1233 614600"
formattedAddress: "Essella Rd, Ashford TN24 8AL, UK"
addressComponents: [{"longText":"Essella Road","shortText":"Essella Rd","types":["route"],"languageCode":"en"},{"longText":"Ashford","shortText":"Ashford","types":["postal_town"],"languageCode":"en"},{"longText":"Kent","shortText":"Kent","types":["administrative_area_level_2","political"],"languageCode":"en"},{"longText":"England","shortText":"England","types":["administrative_area_level_1","political"],"languageCode":"en"},{"longText":"United Kingdom","shortText":"GB","types":["country","political"],"languageCode":"en"},{"longText":"TN24 8AL","shortText":"TN24 8AL","types":["postal_code"],"languageCode":"en-US"}]
plusCode: {"globalCode":"9F324VVQ+F6","compoundCode":"4VVQ+F6 Ashford, UK"}
location: {"latitude":51.1436388,"longitude":0.8880861}
viewport: {"low":{"latitude":51.142312069708495,"longitude":0.886793269708498},"high":{"latitude":51.145010030291495,"longitude":0.8894912302915021}}
rating: 2.4
googleMapsUri: "https:\/\/maps.google.com\/?cid=9958030746326123178"
websiteUri: "http:\/\/thenorthschool.org.uk\/"
regularOpeningHours: {"openNow":true,"periods":[{"open":{"day":1,"hour":8,"minute":40},"close":{"day":1,"hour":15,"minute":10}},{"open":{"day":2,"hour":8,"minute":40},"close":{"day":2,"hour":15,"minute":10}},{"open":{"day":3,"hour":8,"minute":40},"close":{"day":3,"hour":15,"minute":10}},{"open":{"day":4,"hour":8,"minute":40},"close":{"day":4,"hour":15,"minute":10}},{"open":{"day":5,"hour":8,"minute":40},"close":{"day":5,"hour":15,"minute":10}}],"weekdayDescriptions":["Monday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Tuesday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Wednesday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Thursday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Friday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Saturday: Closed","Sunday: Closed"]}
utcOffsetMinutes: 0
adrFormatAddress: "Essella Road<\/span>, Ashford<\/span> TN24 8AL<\/span>, UK<\/span>"
businessStatus: "OPERATIONAL"
userRatingCount: 36
iconMaskBaseUri: "https:\/\/maps.gstatic.com\/mapfiles\/place_api\/icons\/v2\/school_pinlet"
iconBackgroundColor: "#7B9EB0"
displayName: {"text":"The North School","languageCode":"en"}
primaryTypeDisplayName: {"text":"High school","languageCode":"en-US"}
currentOpeningHours: {"openNow":true,"periods":[{"open":{"day":1,"hour":8,"minute":40,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":20}},"close":{"day":1,"hour":15,"minute":10,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":20}}},{"open":{"day":2,"hour":8,"minute":40,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":21}},"close":{"day":2,"hour":15,"minute":10,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":21}}},{"open":{"day":3,"hour":8,"minute":40,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":22}},"close":{"day":3,"hour":15,"minute":10,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":22}}},{"open":{"day":4,"hour":8,"minute":40,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":23}},"close":{"day":4,"hour":15,"minute":10,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":23}}},{"open":{"day":5,"hour":8,"minute":40,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":24}},"close":{"day":5,"hour":15,"minute":10,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":24}}}],"weekdayDescriptions":["Monday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Tuesday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Wednesday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Thursday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Friday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Saturday: Closed","Sunday: Closed"]}
primaryType: "secondary_school"
shortFormattedAddress: "Essella Rd, Ashford"
reviews: [{"name":"places\/ChIJ7dAH_lfa3kcRqsIvMTQIMoo\/reviews\/ChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUNDMDgtZmRnEAE","relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 years ago","rating":4,"text":{"text":"My eldest has just finished A Levels at this school after being here since Year 7. She had so many inspirational teachers and flourished in this learning environment. A big plus was the school farm which had such an impact on her. She's now heading off to University with great A Level grades. My youngest is also here and staff have always been incredibly helpful and intuitive. The staff are genuinely interested in pupil well being and want them to achieve to their full capacity. The Head Teacher is involved in all aspects of the school and takes great pride in all students' achievements be they academic, sporting, musical, theatrical etc... I'd recommend the school wholeheartedly.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"My eldest has just finished A Levels at this school after being here since Year 7. She had so many inspirational teachers and flourished in this learning environment. A big plus was the school farm which had such an impact on her. She's now heading off to University with great A Level grades. My youngest is also here and staff have always been incredibly helpful and intuitive. The staff are genuinely interested in pupil well being and want them to achieve to their full capacity. The Head Teacher is involved in all aspects of the school and takes great pride in all students' achievements be they academic, sporting, musical, theatrical etc... I'd recommend the school wholeheartedly.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Snoozy Goose","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/107432096853346539066\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjU4SVfjVj_OlDk0-_TOpbolV1I2k3Ux04brW-BzGoOpHJU=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2020-09-02T12:25:15Z"},{"name":"places\/ChIJ7dAH_lfa3kcRqsIvMTQIMoo\/reviews\/ChdDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUNDbi1pcjV3RRAB","relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 years ago","rating":4,"text":{"text":"Been a teacher at this school for 10 years. In that time the school has improved hugely from being poorly run and an unpleasant place to teach. Now the school is well managed, behavioural expectations are high and the majority of classes and students are well focused on their work. It's a nice atmosphere for teachers to teach in and for students to be in and learn in.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Been a teacher at this school for 10 years. In that time the school has improved hugely from being poorly run and an unpleasant place to teach. Now the school is well managed, behavioural expectations are high and the majority of classes and students are well focused on their work. It's a nice atmosphere for teachers to teach in and for students to be in and learn in.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"leapinglemons","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/114114908791547556845\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocLaZv3Y2tDaaSEC6YIrctwpUl_1NiX29DO-pQdn2g9h=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2020-09-09T06:29:10Z"},{"name":"places\/ChIJ7dAH_lfa3kcRqsIvMTQIMoo\/reviews\/ChdDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSURVdGIzdmlnRRAB","relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"This school is sexest. Boys have to suffer in extreme heat and can only wear trousers. where as girls are allowed to wear skirts. Also both boys and girls have to wear there blazer whilst walking around the school. The teachers are so mean to students. they are too strict. I would advise you to not sent your children here as there is loads of fights that aren't dealt with properly and they wouldn't care if your child got bullied.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"This school is sexest. Boys have to suffer in extreme heat and can only wear trousers. where as girls are allowed to wear skirts. Also both boys and girls have to wear there blazer whilst walking around the school. The teachers are so mean to students. they are too strict. I would advise you to not sent your children here as there is loads of fights that aren't dealt with properly and they wouldn't care if your child got bullied.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"etrytr frerg","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/112204636490676504136\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocIGAFirPkxlZMCOWUgLMGdouPYAJM1lOKu4XwiCpuO7=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-08-30T23:36:23Z"},{"name":"places\/ChIJ7dAH_lfa3kcRqsIvMTQIMoo\/reviews\/ChdDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSURnX00zb21nRRAB","relativePublishTimeDescription":"7 years ago","rating":4,"text":{"text":"The North School is an amazing place, i have 2 children there and they are both doing fantastic. They are both high achieving in both academics and sports. I cannot recommend the school enough, they are making huge steps in the right direction.\n\nI have only given 4 stars because no school is perfect!","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"The North School is an amazing place, i have 2 children there and they are both doing fantastic. They are both high achieving in both academics and sports. I cannot recommend the school enough, they are making huge steps in the right direction.\n\nI have only given 4 stars because no school is perfect!","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Chris Brown","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/107336966422734679696\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjUcf_W4HHnm0UuhbzU_nVb3V_0veoBFz5pdSX5X4laJWgzC=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba4"},"publishTime":"2016-03-21T11:28:52Z"},{"name":"places\/ChIJ7dAH_lfa3kcRqsIvMTQIMoo\/reviews\/ChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSURna3JXWVFREAE","relativePublishTimeDescription":"6 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"As a current student of the school if you have a child and your'e in the process of looking for a school do not choose this one unless its your only choice. I would strongly advise anyone who is looking at this school to look at the Ofsted report, it may be three years old but things haven't changed much and there is a lot of room for improvement, from the strict uniform policies to how students (and some teachers) behave.\nIf you have a child with special needs only send them here as a last resort the unit attached to this school isn't very good, the head of the unit seems to be very under trained to deal with special needs students a few staff members in the unit are decent and some aren't. The way behavior is dealt with doesn't work well either, to punish a student the school have a 'behavior panel' where higher up members of staff discuss the punishment for the student, I was given isolation (internal exclusion) for not having my tie 3 days before summer holidays, the staff in the unit asked if i would wear a spare i said no for many reasons, i was given isolation for not attending lessons, i was told by staff that if i didn't have a tie i couldn't go to lessons which is why i was given the isolation in the first place, the day after this i had to do the isolation i refused due to it felling like i would have a mental breakdown in there, they than gave me exclusion for the day after and a thing they do called twilight which is just a 2 hour detention form 3 o'clock to 5 o'clock, i was unable to do this due to the times they wanted me to be in school, the school knew about this so the excluded me from school the last day of the year before summer holidays. The school isn't the best and it could be a lot better i have to get a taxi to it due to the fact that there a not a lot of special needs schools in Kent. The behavior of pupils inside and outside of school is awful, students will stand just round the corner from the school to smoke, inside school some students will attempt to do this as well but its very hard for them to. The students also pick on the students in the unit and teachers do not do anything, i haven't encountered this much but other pupils i know have. Teachers will lie about what a student has done and if the student is attempting to say anything its like talking to a brick wall the teachers don't listen, on many occasions have i seen a teacher lie about something a student has done. there was also a time in summer last year in 2016 where it was quite hot, and due to classrooms barely having any ac it would feel like an oven in some rooms, because of this some pupils didn't wear a jumper if they were seen without it they were sent home by teachers, because of the amount of pupils sent home no one wore a jumper so the teachers couldn't send them home or they would face a lot of criticism from parents etc. In general the lessons ( greatly depending on the teacher and subject) are alright, there has been a lot of teachers changing and behavior in lessons is appalling if the lesson is a cover teacher or new teacher. Of course the Ofsted report isn't as accurate as possible due to the school being warned by Ofsted that they will be visiting. Behavior of teachers and staff isn't good either, I have encountered many staff members blatantly lying about something a student has done, higher up staff members seem to be up their own backside (they might as well become a politician with how the deal with situations and how they act)and cover teachers are unable to have control over students luckily there are some good teachers here but not many. The school is good with PE but i'm not massively sure about that seeing as i don't do that. Science lesson have small room for improvement, history like i said before depending on the teacher can be fun and a good lesson or a very bad one, English is reasonable but very boring or out of control if the lesson is group work, maths is good, art also depends on which topic and teacher you have, geography isn't the best, all round i would not recommend the school to anyone.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"As a current student of the school if you have a child and your'e in the process of looking for a school do not choose this one unless its your only choice. I would strongly advise anyone who is looking at this school to look at the Ofsted report, it may be three years old but things haven't changed much and there is a lot of room for improvement, from the strict uniform policies to how students (and some teachers) behave.\nIf you have a child with special needs only send them here as a last resort the unit attached to this school isn't very good, the head of the unit seems to be very under trained to deal with special needs students a few staff members in the unit are decent and some aren't. The way behavior is dealt with doesn't work well either, to punish a student the school have a 'behavior panel' where higher up members of staff discuss the punishment for the student, I was given isolation (internal exclusion) for not having my tie 3 days before summer holidays, the staff in the unit asked if i would wear a spare i said no for many reasons, i was given isolation for not attending lessons, i was told by staff that if i didn't have a tie i couldn't go to lessons which is why i was given the isolation in the first place, the day after this i had to do the isolation i refused due to it felling like i would have a mental breakdown in there, they than gave me exclusion for the day after and a thing they do called twilight which is just a 2 hour detention form 3 o'clock to 5 o'clock, i was unable to do this due to the times they wanted me to be in school, the school knew about this so the excluded me from school the last day of the year before summer holidays. The school isn't the best and it could be a lot better i have to get a taxi to it due to the fact that there a not a lot of special needs schools in Kent. The behavior of pupils inside and outside of school is awful, students will stand just round the corner from the school to smoke, inside school some students will attempt to do this as well but its very hard for them to. The students also pick on the students in the unit and teachers do not do anything, i haven't encountered this much but other pupils i know have. Teachers will lie about what a student has done and if the student is attempting to say anything its like talking to a brick wall the teachers don't listen, on many occasions have i seen a teacher lie about something a student has done. there was also a time in summer last year in 2016 where it was quite hot, and due to classrooms barely having any ac it would feel like an oven in some rooms, because of this some pupils didn't wear a jumper if they were seen without it they were sent home by teachers, because of the amount of pupils sent home no one wore a jumper so the teachers couldn't send them home or they would face a lot of criticism from parents etc. In general the lessons ( greatly depending on the teacher and subject) are alright, there has been a lot of teachers changing and behavior in lessons is appalling if the lesson is a cover teacher or new teacher. Of course the Ofsted report isn't as accurate as possible due to the school being warned by Ofsted that they will be visiting. Behavior of teachers and staff isn't good either, I have encountered many staff members blatantly lying about something a student has done, higher up staff members seem to be up their own backside (they might as well become a politician with how the deal with situations and how they act)and cover teachers are unable to have control over students luckily there are some good teachers here but not many. The school is good with PE but i'm not massively sure about that seeing as i don't do that. Science lesson have small room for improvement, history like i said before depending on the teacher can be fun and a good lesson or a very bad one, English is reasonable but very boring or out of control if the lesson is group work, maths is good, art also depends on which topic and teacher you have, geography isn't the best, all round i would not recommend the school to anyone.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Cameron Coxon","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/107279414177473864929\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJJeVTK4HODg4dQLDKDHTTXqgvkkNEO7k_rmWdKP4qP=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-01-10T10:26:48Z"}]
photos: [{"name":"places\/ChIJ7dAH_lfa3kcRqsIvMTQIMoo\/photos\/AcJnMuHu6UFXCLg57yP2Vrnvs8LUTzRBNh8SK-tfUC-X-PV0pvVKZyFu-EBudWGJc4kyg9tjxSZ_JLH7treoeLDJBeCMfrj2ivVWShb1JV5lmMuWyy1rwMocibWppCsmxsv-qHX24u_EoD9n_c0UxIsoCAJZ6lCuTid6yDyT","widthPx":1536,"heightPx":2048,"authorAttributions":[{"displayName":"Timothy Mockford","uri":"\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/114832061603265526296","photoUri":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocIri05y0LYGQ2dLsICIDm9TSItw30UjdlDJ4cjX9Eqc=s100-p-k-no-mo"}]}]
accessibilityOptions: {"wheelchairAccessibleParking":true,"wheelchairAccessibleEntrance":true}
Address3:
AdministrativeWard (code): E05011753
AdministrativeWard (name): Furley
AdmissionsPolicy (code): 4
AdmissionsPolicy (name): Non-selective
BSOInspectorateName (name): Not applicable
Boarders (code): 1
Boarders (name): No boarders
BoardingEstablishment (name):
CCF (name): Not applicable
CHNumber:
CensusDate: 20-01-2022
CloseDate:
Country (name):
County (name): Kent
DateOfLastInspectionVisit:
Diocese (code): 0000
Diocese (name): Not applicable
DistrictAdministrative (code): E07000105
DistrictAdministrative (name): Ashford
EBD (name): Not applicable
Easting: 601952
EdByOther (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentAccredited (code): 0
EstablishmentAccredited (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentName: The North School
EstablishmentNumber: 4246
EstablishmentStatus (code): 1
EstablishmentStatus (name): Open
EstablishmentTypeGroup (code): 10
EstablishmentTypeGroup (name): Academies
FEHEIdentifier:
FSM: 303
FTProv (name): Not applicable
FederationFlag (name): Not applicable
Federations (code):
Federations (name):
FurtherEducationType (name):
GOR (code): J
GOR (name): South East
GSSLACode (name): E10000016
Gender (code): 3
Gender (name): Mixed
HeadFirstName: Clair
HeadLastName: Ellerby
HeadPreferredJobTitle: Head of School
HeadTitle (name): Mrs
InspectorateName (name): Not applicable
InspectorateReport:
LA (code): 886
LA (name): Kent
LSOA (code): E01024023
LSOA (name): Ashford 005C
LastChangedDate: 02-05-2023
Locality:
MSOA (code): E02005000
MSOA (name): Ashford 005
NextInspectionVisit:
Northing: 142258
NumberOfBoys: 703
NumberOfGirls: 518
NumberOfPupils: 1221
NurseryProvision (name): No Nursery Classes
OfficialSixthForm (code): 1
OfficialSixthForm (name): Has a sixth form
OfstedLastInsp:
OfstedRating (name):
OfstedSpecialMeasures (code): 0
OfstedSpecialMeasures (name): Not applicable
OpenDate: 01-01-2022
ParliamentaryConstituency (code): E14000536
ParliamentaryConstituency (name): Ashford
PercentageFSM: 28.40
PhaseOfEducation (code): 4
PhaseOfEducation (name): Secondary
PlacesPRU:
Postcode: TN24 8AL
PreviousEstablishmentNumber: 4246
PreviousLA (code): 922
PreviousLA (name): Pre LGR (1998) Kent
PropsName:
QABName (code): 0
QABName (name): Not applicable
QABReport:
RSCRegion (name): South-East England and South London
ReasonEstablishmentClosed (code): 99
ReasonEstablishmentClosed (name):
ReasonEstablishmentOpened (code): 10
ReasonEstablishmentOpened (name): Academy Converter
ReligiousCharacter (code): 00
ReligiousCharacter (name): Does not apply
ReligiousEthos (name): Does not apply
ResourcedProvisionCapacity: 25
ResourcedProvisionOnRoll: 27
SEN1 (name): ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
SEN10 (name):
SEN11 (name):
SEN12 (name):
SEN13 (name):
SEN2 (name):
SEN3 (name):
SEN4 (name):
SEN5 (name):
SEN6 (name):
SEN7 (name):
SEN8 (name):
SEN9 (name):
SENNoStat:
SENPRU (name): Not applicable
SENStat:
SchoolCapacity: 1265
SchoolSponsorFlag (name): Linked to a sponsor
SchoolSponsors (name): Swale Academies Trust
SchoolWebsite: https://www.thenorthschool.org.uk/
Section41Approved (name): Not applicable
SenUnitCapacity:
SenUnitOnRoll:
SiteName:
SpecialClasses (code): 0
SpecialClasses (name): Not applicable
StatutoryHighAge: 19
StatutoryLowAge: 11
Street: Essella Road
TeenMoth (name): Not applicable
TeenMothPlaces:
TelephoneNum: 01233614600
Town: Ashford
TrustSchoolFlag (code): 3
TrustSchoolFlag (name): Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts (code): 4885
Trusts (name): SWALE ACADEMIES TRUST
TypeOfEstablishment (code): 34
TypeOfEstablishment (name): Academy converter
TypeOfResourcedProvision (name): Resourced provision
UKPRN: 10088876
UPRN: 100062560863
URN: 148712
UrbanRural (code): C1
UrbanRural (name): (England/Wales) Urban city and town
id: 46804
name: "places\/ChIJ7dAH_lfa3kcRqsIvMTQIMoo"
id: "ChIJ7dAH_lfa3kcRqsIvMTQIMoo"
types: ["secondary_school","school","point_of_interest","establishment"]
nationalPhoneNumber: "01233 614600"
internationalPhoneNumber: "+44 1233 614600"
formattedAddress: "Essella Rd, Ashford TN24 8AL, UK"
addressComponents: [{"longText":"Essella Road","shortText":"Essella Rd","types":["route"],"languageCode":"en"},{"longText":"Ashford","shortText":"Ashford","types":["postal_town"],"languageCode":"en"},{"longText":"Kent","shortText":"Kent","types":["administrative_area_level_2","political"],"languageCode":"en"},{"longText":"England","shortText":"England","types":["administrative_area_level_1","political"],"languageCode":"en"},{"longText":"United Kingdom","shortText":"GB","types":["country","political"],"languageCode":"en"},{"longText":"TN24 8AL","shortText":"TN24 8AL","types":["postal_code"],"languageCode":"en-US"}]
plusCode: {"globalCode":"9F324VVQ+F6","compoundCode":"4VVQ+F6 Ashford, UK"}
location: {"latitude":51.1436388,"longitude":0.8880861}
viewport: {"low":{"latitude":51.142312069708495,"longitude":0.886793269708498},"high":{"latitude":51.145010030291495,"longitude":0.8894912302915021}}
rating: 2.4
googleMapsUri: "https:\/\/maps.google.com\/?cid=9958030746326123178"
websiteUri: "http:\/\/thenorthschool.org.uk\/"
regularOpeningHours: {"openNow":true,"periods":[{"open":{"day":1,"hour":8,"minute":40},"close":{"day":1,"hour":15,"minute":10}},{"open":{"day":2,"hour":8,"minute":40},"close":{"day":2,"hour":15,"minute":10}},{"open":{"day":3,"hour":8,"minute":40},"close":{"day":3,"hour":15,"minute":10}},{"open":{"day":4,"hour":8,"minute":40},"close":{"day":4,"hour":15,"minute":10}},{"open":{"day":5,"hour":8,"minute":40},"close":{"day":5,"hour":15,"minute":10}}],"weekdayDescriptions":["Monday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Tuesday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Wednesday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Thursday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Friday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Saturday: Closed","Sunday: Closed"]}
utcOffsetMinutes: 0
adrFormatAddress: "Essella Road<\/span>, Ashford<\/span> TN24 8AL<\/span>, UK<\/span>"
businessStatus: "OPERATIONAL"
userRatingCount: 36
iconMaskBaseUri: "https:\/\/maps.gstatic.com\/mapfiles\/place_api\/icons\/v2\/school_pinlet"
iconBackgroundColor: "#7B9EB0"
displayName: {"text":"The North School","languageCode":"en"}
primaryTypeDisplayName: {"text":"High school","languageCode":"en-US"}
currentOpeningHours: {"openNow":true,"periods":[{"open":{"day":1,"hour":8,"minute":40,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":20}},"close":{"day":1,"hour":15,"minute":10,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":20}}},{"open":{"day":2,"hour":8,"minute":40,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":21}},"close":{"day":2,"hour":15,"minute":10,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":21}}},{"open":{"day":3,"hour":8,"minute":40,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":22}},"close":{"day":3,"hour":15,"minute":10,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":22}}},{"open":{"day":4,"hour":8,"minute":40,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":23}},"close":{"day":4,"hour":15,"minute":10,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":23}}},{"open":{"day":5,"hour":8,"minute":40,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":24}},"close":{"day":5,"hour":15,"minute":10,"date":{"year":2023,"month":11,"day":24}}}],"weekdayDescriptions":["Monday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Tuesday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Wednesday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Thursday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Friday: 8:40\u00e2\u0080\u00afAM\u00e2\u0080\u0089\u00e2\u0080\u0093\u00e2\u0080\u00893:10\u00e2\u0080\u00afPM","Saturday: Closed","Sunday: Closed"]}
primaryType: "secondary_school"
shortFormattedAddress: "Essella Rd, Ashford"
reviews: [{"name":"places\/ChIJ7dAH_lfa3kcRqsIvMTQIMoo\/reviews\/ChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUNDMDgtZmRnEAE","relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 years ago","rating":4,"text":{"text":"My eldest has just finished A Levels at this school after being here since Year 7. She had so many inspirational teachers and flourished in this learning environment. A big plus was the school farm which had such an impact on her. She's now heading off to University with great A Level grades. My youngest is also here and staff have always been incredibly helpful and intuitive. The staff are genuinely interested in pupil well being and want them to achieve to their full capacity. The Head Teacher is involved in all aspects of the school and takes great pride in all students' achievements be they academic, sporting, musical, theatrical etc... I'd recommend the school wholeheartedly.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"My eldest has just finished A Levels at this school after being here since Year 7. She had so many inspirational teachers and flourished in this learning environment. A big plus was the school farm which had such an impact on her. She's now heading off to University with great A Level grades. My youngest is also here and staff have always been incredibly helpful and intuitive. The staff are genuinely interested in pupil well being and want them to achieve to their full capacity. The Head Teacher is involved in all aspects of the school and takes great pride in all students' achievements be they academic, sporting, musical, theatrical etc... I'd recommend the school wholeheartedly.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Snoozy Goose","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/107432096853346539066\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjU4SVfjVj_OlDk0-_TOpbolV1I2k3Ux04brW-BzGoOpHJU=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2020-09-02T12:25:15Z"},{"name":"places\/ChIJ7dAH_lfa3kcRqsIvMTQIMoo\/reviews\/ChdDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSUNDbi1pcjV3RRAB","relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 years ago","rating":4,"text":{"text":"Been a teacher at this school for 10 years. In that time the school has improved hugely from being poorly run and an unpleasant place to teach. Now the school is well managed, behavioural expectations are high and the majority of classes and students are well focused on their work. It's a nice atmosphere for teachers to teach in and for students to be in and learn in.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Been a teacher at this school for 10 years. In that time the school has improved hugely from being poorly run and an unpleasant place to teach. Now the school is well managed, behavioural expectations are high and the majority of classes and students are well focused on their work. It's a nice atmosphere for teachers to teach in and for students to be in and learn in.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"leapinglemons","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/114114908791547556845\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocLaZv3Y2tDaaSEC6YIrctwpUl_1NiX29DO-pQdn2g9h=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2020-09-09T06:29:10Z"},{"name":"places\/ChIJ7dAH_lfa3kcRqsIvMTQIMoo\/reviews\/ChdDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSURVdGIzdmlnRRAB","relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"This school is sexest. Boys have to suffer in extreme heat and can only wear trousers. where as girls are allowed to wear skirts. Also both boys and girls have to wear there blazer whilst walking around the school. The teachers are so mean to students. they are too strict. I would advise you to not sent your children here as there is loads of fights that aren't dealt with properly and they wouldn't care if your child got bullied.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"This school is sexest. Boys have to suffer in extreme heat and can only wear trousers. where as girls are allowed to wear skirts. Also both boys and girls have to wear there blazer whilst walking around the school. The teachers are so mean to students. they are too strict. I would advise you to not sent your children here as there is loads of fights that aren't dealt with properly and they wouldn't care if your child got bullied.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"etrytr frerg","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/112204636490676504136\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocIGAFirPkxlZMCOWUgLMGdouPYAJM1lOKu4XwiCpuO7=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-08-30T23:36:23Z"},{"name":"places\/ChIJ7dAH_lfa3kcRqsIvMTQIMoo\/reviews\/ChdDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSURnX00zb21nRRAB","relativePublishTimeDescription":"7 years ago","rating":4,"text":{"text":"The North School is an amazing place, i have 2 children there and they are both doing fantastic. They are both high achieving in both academics and sports. I cannot recommend the school enough, they are making huge steps in the right direction.\n\nI have only given 4 stars because no school is perfect!","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"The North School is an amazing place, i have 2 children there and they are both doing fantastic. They are both high achieving in both academics and sports. I cannot recommend the school enough, they are making huge steps in the right direction.\n\nI have only given 4 stars because no school is perfect!","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Chris Brown","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/107336966422734679696\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjUcf_W4HHnm0UuhbzU_nVb3V_0veoBFz5pdSX5X4laJWgzC=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba4"},"publishTime":"2016-03-21T11:28:52Z"},{"name":"places\/ChIJ7dAH_lfa3kcRqsIvMTQIMoo\/reviews\/ChZDSUhNMG9nS0VJQ0FnSURna3JXWVFREAE","relativePublishTimeDescription":"6 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"As a current student of the school if you have a child and your'e in the process of looking for a school do not choose this one unless its your only choice. I would strongly advise anyone who is looking at this school to look at the Ofsted report, it may be three years old but things haven't changed much and there is a lot of room for improvement, from the strict uniform policies to how students (and some teachers) behave.\nIf you have a child with special needs only send them here as a last resort the unit attached to this school isn't very good, the head of the unit seems to be very under trained to deal with special needs students a few staff members in the unit are decent and some aren't. The way behavior is dealt with doesn't work well either, to punish a student the school have a 'behavior panel' where higher up members of staff discuss the punishment for the student, I was given isolation (internal exclusion) for not having my tie 3 days before summer holidays, the staff in the unit asked if i would wear a spare i said no for many reasons, i was given isolation for not attending lessons, i was told by staff that if i didn't have a tie i couldn't go to lessons which is why i was given the isolation in the first place, the day after this i had to do the isolation i refused due to it felling like i would have a mental breakdown in there, they than gave me exclusion for the day after and a thing they do called twilight which is just a 2 hour detention form 3 o'clock to 5 o'clock, i was unable to do this due to the times they wanted me to be in school, the school knew about this so the excluded me from school the last day of the year before summer holidays. The school isn't the best and it could be a lot better i have to get a taxi to it due to the fact that there a not a lot of special needs schools in Kent. The behavior of pupils inside and outside of school is awful, students will stand just round the corner from the school to smoke, inside school some students will attempt to do this as well but its very hard for them to. The students also pick on the students in the unit and teachers do not do anything, i haven't encountered this much but other pupils i know have. Teachers will lie about what a student has done and if the student is attempting to say anything its like talking to a brick wall the teachers don't listen, on many occasions have i seen a teacher lie about something a student has done. there was also a time in summer last year in 2016 where it was quite hot, and due to classrooms barely having any ac it would feel like an oven in some rooms, because of this some pupils didn't wear a jumper if they were seen without it they were sent home by teachers, because of the amount of pupils sent home no one wore a jumper so the teachers couldn't send them home or they would face a lot of criticism from parents etc. In general the lessons ( greatly depending on the teacher and subject) are alright, there has been a lot of teachers changing and behavior in lessons is appalling if the lesson is a cover teacher or new teacher. Of course the Ofsted report isn't as accurate as possible due to the school being warned by Ofsted that they will be visiting. Behavior of teachers and staff isn't good either, I have encountered many staff members blatantly lying about something a student has done, higher up staff members seem to be up their own backside (they might as well become a politician with how the deal with situations and how they act)and cover teachers are unable to have control over students luckily there are some good teachers here but not many. The school is good with PE but i'm not massively sure about that seeing as i don't do that. Science lesson have small room for improvement, history like i said before depending on the teacher can be fun and a good lesson or a very bad one, English is reasonable but very boring or out of control if the lesson is group work, maths is good, art also depends on which topic and teacher you have, geography isn't the best, all round i would not recommend the school to anyone.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"As a current student of the school if you have a child and your'e in the process of looking for a school do not choose this one unless its your only choice. I would strongly advise anyone who is looking at this school to look at the Ofsted report, it may be three years old but things haven't changed much and there is a lot of room for improvement, from the strict uniform policies to how students (and some teachers) behave.\nIf you have a child with special needs only send them here as a last resort the unit attached to this school isn't very good, the head of the unit seems to be very under trained to deal with special needs students a few staff members in the unit are decent and some aren't. The way behavior is dealt with doesn't work well either, to punish a student the school have a 'behavior panel' where higher up members of staff discuss the punishment for the student, I was given isolation (internal exclusion) for not having my tie 3 days before summer holidays, the staff in the unit asked if i would wear a spare i said no for many reasons, i was given isolation for not attending lessons, i was told by staff that if i didn't have a tie i couldn't go to lessons which is why i was given the isolation in the first place, the day after this i had to do the isolation i refused due to it felling like i would have a mental breakdown in there, they than gave me exclusion for the day after and a thing they do called twilight which is just a 2 hour detention form 3 o'clock to 5 o'clock, i was unable to do this due to the times they wanted me to be in school, the school knew about this so the excluded me from school the last day of the year before summer holidays. The school isn't the best and it could be a lot better i have to get a taxi to it due to the fact that there a not a lot of special needs schools in Kent. The behavior of pupils inside and outside of school is awful, students will stand just round the corner from the school to smoke, inside school some students will attempt to do this as well but its very hard for them to. The students also pick on the students in the unit and teachers do not do anything, i haven't encountered this much but other pupils i know have. Teachers will lie about what a student has done and if the student is attempting to say anything its like talking to a brick wall the teachers don't listen, on many occasions have i seen a teacher lie about something a student has done. there was also a time in summer last year in 2016 where it was quite hot, and due to classrooms barely having any ac it would feel like an oven in some rooms, because of this some pupils didn't wear a jumper if they were seen without it they were sent home by teachers, because of the amount of pupils sent home no one wore a jumper so the teachers couldn't send them home or they would face a lot of criticism from parents etc. In general the lessons ( greatly depending on the teacher and subject) are alright, there has been a lot of teachers changing and behavior in lessons is appalling if the lesson is a cover teacher or new teacher. Of course the Ofsted report isn't as accurate as possible due to the school being warned by Ofsted that they will be visiting. Behavior of teachers and staff isn't good either, I have encountered many staff members blatantly lying about something a student has done, higher up staff members seem to be up their own backside (they might as well become a politician with how the deal with situations and how they act)and cover teachers are unable to have control over students luckily there are some good teachers here but not many. The school is good with PE but i'm not massively sure about that seeing as i don't do that. Science lesson have small room for improvement, history like i said before depending on the teacher can be fun and a good lesson or a very bad one, English is reasonable but very boring or out of control if the lesson is group work, maths is good, art also depends on which topic and teacher you have, geography isn't the best, all round i would not recommend the school to anyone.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Cameron Coxon","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/107279414177473864929\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJJeVTK4HODg4dQLDKDHTTXqgvkkNEO7k_rmWdKP4qP=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-01-10T10:26:48Z"}]
photos: [{"name":"places\/ChIJ7dAH_lfa3kcRqsIvMTQIMoo\/photos\/AcJnMuHu6UFXCLg57yP2Vrnvs8LUTzRBNh8SK-tfUC-X-PV0pvVKZyFu-EBudWGJc4kyg9tjxSZ_JLH7treoeLDJBeCMfrj2ivVWShb1JV5lmMuWyy1rwMocibWppCsmxsv-qHX24u_EoD9n_c0UxIsoCAJZ6lCuTid6yDyT","widthPx":1536,"heightPx":2048,"authorAttributions":[{"displayName":"Timothy Mockford","uri":"\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/114832061603265526296","photoUri":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocIri05y0LYGQ2dLsICIDm9TSItw30UjdlDJ4cjX9Eqc=s100-p-k-no-mo"}]}]
accessibilityOptions: {"wheelchairAccessibleParking":true,"wheelchairAccessibleEntrance":true}