| The Norton Knatchbull School Academy Trust | |
| Coordinates: | 51.1463°N 0.8906°W |
| Motto: | Benefactorum Recordatio Jucundissima Est (Latin: "Things done well make the best memories") |
| Type: | Grammar school |
| Head Label: | Headteacher |
| Headteacher: | Ben Greene |
| Chair Label: | Co-Chairs of Governors |
| Chair: | Andrew Judd and Jane Burnett (2022-present) |
| Founder: | Norton Knatchbull |
| Address: | Hythe Road |
| City: | Ashford, Kent |
| Country: | England |
| Postcode: | TN24 0QJ |
| Dfeno: | 886/4528 |
| Ofsted: | yes |
| Urn: | 138019 |
| Enrolment: | 1,098 |
| Gender: | Mixed (sixth form) |
| Lower Age: | 11 |
| Upper Age: | 19 |
| Houses: | Apps, Barrett, Burra, Harper, Knatchbull, Lamprey, Woodworth (founded 2016) |
| Free Label2: | Former names |
| Free Text2: | Ashford Grammar School The Norton Knatchbull Grammar School for Boys |
| Free Label3: | Former Pupils |
| Free Text3: | Old Ashfordians |
The Norton Knatchbull School is a grammar school with academy status for boys located in Ashford, Kent, England. Girls are accepted into the Sixth Form. As of 2017, the school serves more than one thousand pupils aged 11 to 18.
The school was founded in Ashford around 1630 as a free grammar school by its namesake[1] who died in 1636, an uncle of Sir Norton Knatchbull.[2] The school continued to be led and funded by Knatchbull's family due to a stipulation in his will in 1636.[3] It was known simply as 'Ashford Grammar School' until the summer of 1973.[2] The original school was based in the churchyard in the town centre, in the building known as Dr Wilks' Hall and which now houses the town's museum, but has moved several times. By the 20th century, it had moved to its present location on Hythe Road. The main building of the current school premises was built in the 1950s and has recently been renovated in 2015 as part of a major overhaul of the school's facilities. A number of additional buildings have been added to the site: the Brabourne Building in the early 1990s, the Mortimore Building in the early 2000s and the Fraser Building (Sports Hall) which was completed and opened in the mid-2000s.[4] A new Digital Learning Centre is to be constructed on the site in order to facilitate an expected increase in the number of students attending the school as the surrounding area continues to grow.[5] The Digital Learning Centre has since been completed in 2021.
It is one of two grammar schools in Ashford.