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Thousands of practice questions and up to 6 mock papers, all in the exact Ashford School 11+ format, on one simple plan. It starts with a free diagnostic.
Ashford School
Ashford School is an independent, co-educational day and boarding school in Kent that offers Year 7 entry for pupils aged eleven. The admissions process is a single-stage assessment using the Quest Admissions exam board, with no formal interview stage. Located on East Hill in Ashford, the school provides a vibrant community for both day students and boarders.
If your child would rather stay at school until the last club finishes than come straight home, Ashford is shaped for that. It is an independent co-educational school on East Hill in Ashford, Kent, taking day pupils and boarders from eleven to eighteen, with its own prep school a few miles away at Great Chart. Most senior pupils are day pupils, but a boarding house for boys and one for girls sit on the same site, so evenings and weekends keep going around them. Entry is at eleven into Year 7, and again at Years 8, 9, 10 and sixth form.
The school opened in 1898 as a small girls' school on Queens Road, moved to Alfred House on East Hill in 1913 and has stayed there since. Alfred House is the boys' boarding house now, a neat piece of continuity in a school that has otherwise changed a good deal: it merged with Friars Prep School in 2005 and took its first boys into the senior school the year after. From 1940 to 1945 the whole school moved to Devon while the East Hill buildings housed injured soldiers, and the roll grew from 211 to 272 over those five years.
An ordinary day runs long by design. Lessons finish at 15.50, two further periods are set aside for activities until 17.30, and the library stays open after that. The Good Schools Guide calls the school 'refreshingly unpretentious' and its pupils 'curious, grounded'; one parent told it that 'high-flyers will get stretched and those who need support get it'. Pastoral care runs by year group rather than by house, with a form tutor seen twice a day. It suits a child who wants to fill the hours after lessons, and who would rather be noticed early than left to get on with it.
Key facts
Annual fees
Senior School (Years 7-13) day £8,685 per term for 2026/27 (£6,925 base plus £1,385 VAT plus £375 lunch), about £26,055 a year. Full boarding £15,999 per term for Years 7-9 and £17,997 for Years 10-13, including VAT and lunch; weekly boarding (5 nights) £13,227 per term; flexi boarding £49.50 per night including VAT. Non-refundable registration fee £145. Deposit £500 for day pupils, or one term's fees for boarders.
Admissions
Open day
Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
Admissions contact
admissions@ashfordschool.co.uk
Admissions phone
+44 (0)1233 625171
Registration form
https://info.ashfordschool.co.uk/register
Sibling policy
What this school tests
Year 7 Entrance Assessments
English
- Grammar
- Punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Comparison
- Reading Comprehension - Evaluation
- Reading Comprehension - Grammar and punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Inference and Deduction
- Reading Comprehension - Information Retrieval
- Reading Comprehension - Language Techniques and Imagery
- Reading Comprehension - Sentence-level Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension - Sequencing
- Reading Comprehension - Structure, Form, Voice and Tone
- Reading Comprehension - Summarising
- Reading Comprehension - Text Classification and Purpose
- Reading Comprehension - Types of Words and Phrases
- Reading Comprehension - Word Meaning / Choice
- Spelling
- Vocabulary
Maths
- Algebra
- Angles and Degrees
- BIDMAS
- Coordinate Grids
- Estimation and Rounding
- Factors and Multiples
- Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
- Measurement
- Money
- Number and Place Value
- Operations
- Perimeter, Area and Volume
- Position and Direction
- Properties of Shapes
- Ratio and Proportion
- Reflection, Rotation and Symmetry
- Sequences
- Special Numbers
- Speed, Distance and Time
- Statistics
- Time
Non-verbal Reasoning
- Figure Analogies
- Figure Matrices
- Figure Series
- Grid Matrices
- Horizontal Codes
- Match to a Group of Figures
- Most Like Three Figures
- Odd Figure Out
- Odd Shaped Matrices
- Star Matrices
- Triangle Matrices
- Vertical Codes
Spatial Reasoning
- 2D Rotations
- 2D View of 3D Shape
- 3D Rotations
- Block Counting
- Building Blocks
- Combining Shapes
- Diagonal Reflections
- Figure Missing from Image
- Fold and Punch
- Folding Cubes
- Hidden Shapes
- Missing Face of Cube
- Nets of 3D Shapes
- Shape Completion
Catchment area
Selection review and safety net
Previous exam results
GCSE results
2025: 20% of grades at 9 or A*, 61.7% at 9-7 or A*-A and 96.4% at 9-4 or A*-C, from 74 candidates across 22 subjects, averaging 56.2 points per pupil (school's own published figures).
A-level results
2025: 36% of grades at A*-A, 68% at A*-B and 87% at A*-C, from 202 entries across 73 candidates, averaging 133 UCAS points per student. The sixth form sits A Levels plus BTEC Sport; no IB Diploma is offered (school's own published figures).
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does Ashford School use for the 11+?
Ashford School uses the Quest Admissions exam board for its Year 7 entrance assessment.
Does Ashford School require an interview for 11+ entry?
No, there is no interview stage as part of the 11+ admissions process at Ashford School.
Is Ashford School co-educational or single-sex?
Ashford School is a co-educational (mixed) school admitting both boys and girls.
What are the school fees for Year 7 pupils at Ashford School?
For the 2026/27 academic year, Senior School day fees are £8,685 per term (approximately £26,055 a year). Full boarding for Years 7-9 is £15,999 per term, with weekly and flexi boarding options also available.
What is the website for Ashford School?
The official website for the school is https://www.ashfordschool.co.uk/.
Location
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