Primary
The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary School
Wesley School Road, Cuckoo Lane, Ashford, TN23 5LW
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 421 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
- Local authority
- Kent
- Religious character
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Diocese
- Diocese of Canterbury
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 50.9
- Pupils per adult
- 8.9
- Pupils
- 453
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2021
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
52%
10 points below the Ashford (Kent) average (62% across 38 schools)
105.0
0.5 below the Ashford (Kent) average (105.5 across 38 schools)
29th of 38 by our score, among the primary schools in Ashford we can score - 39 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 103 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 52% |
| Working at a higher standard | 2% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 25% |
| 23/24 | 49% |
| 24/25 | 52% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 99.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
Wesley School Road, Cuckoo Lane, Ashford, TN23 5LW
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Kent admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Rachael Harrington
- Address
- Wesley School Road, Cuckoo Lane, Ashford, TN23 5LW
- Telephone
- 01233614660