Wye School

Wye School continues to demonstrate strong performance, maintaining its status as a good school. The supportive and nurturing environment fosters positive relationships between students and staff, promoting a sense of safety and belonging among pupils. They are well-prepared for future education and employment through a broad and ambitious curriculum that encourages both academic and personal development. The school effectively supports students with special educational needs and disabilities, ensuring they participate fully in all aspects of school life.

Strengths

• Pupils feel valued and cared for in a close school community.
• Staff establish strong trusting relationships with pupils.
• The school offers a wide range of extra-curricular activities.
• Leaders and staff are ambitious for all pupils.
• Students in the sixth form demonstrate positive attitudes towards their learning.
• Effective systems are in place to address behaviour concerns.

Areas for Improvement

• The curriculum is not consistently implemented across all subjects.
• A small number of pupils have higher levels of absence, impacting their education.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Wye School attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 18.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 6.3% of pupils at Wye School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Wye School had 15.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.6% of pupils at Wye School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Wye School received £9,148 and spent £9,279 for each of its 576 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £515,000 (£894 per pupil).

Across all 93 schools of United Learning Trust, income was £8,687 and spending £8,616 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Ashford · Kent local authority: places and applications

Wye School is part of United Learning Trust, which runs 98 schools. The nearest others:

• Chilmington Green School Great Chart
• Newstead Wood School Orpington
• Goresbrook School Dagenham
• Conisborough College London
• Sedgehill Academy London
• The John Roan School London
• Winston Way Academy Ilford
• Seahaven Academy Newhaven
• Bacon's College London
• The Elms Academy London

What is Wye School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wye School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Wye School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wye School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Wye School have?

Wye School has 557 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wye School cover?

Wye School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Wye School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 45.3, and 47% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Wye School?

Wye School is at Olantigh Road, Wye, Kent, TN25 5EJ.