Ashchurch Primary School

Ashchurch Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. Pupils demonstrate a strong enthusiasm for learning and enjoy a diverse range of lessons and extracurricular activities. The school is recognized for its supportive environment, where pupils feel safe and valued as individuals, leading to respectful interactions and minimal disruption in the classroom. Parents appreciate the personalized attention their children receive, creating a sense of community within the school. While the curriculum is generally well-structured and ambitious, there are areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that teaching consistently clarifies learning objectives and deepens knowledge retention across all subjects. Additionally, while pupils with special educational needs are well supported and can participate fully in the curriculum, younger students' grasp of historical knowledge is identified as an area needing further focus to enhance their learning outcomes.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy their learning and actively participate in lessons.
• The school fosters positive relationships among pupils and staff.
• High expectations for pupil behavior contribute to a respectful and calm learning environment.
• The curriculum is ambitious and designed to support all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Leaders prioritize reading and ensure effective implementation of phonics programs.
• Pupils have positive attitudes towards their learning and behavior.
• Strong personal development curriculum that promotes British values.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of the curriculum across subjects.
• Some teaching does not clearly define learning expectations or deepen knowledge.

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 Ashchurch Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

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, 0.7% of pupils at Ashchurch Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Ashchurch Primary School had 15.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

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, 14.7% of pupils at Ashchurch Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Ashchurch Primary School received £7,579 and spent £7,121 for each of its 156 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £148,000 (£950 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).

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What is Ashchurch Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ashchurch Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Ashchurch Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ashchurch Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Ashchurch Primary School have?

Ashchurch Primary School has 156 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ashchurch Primary School cover?

Ashchurch Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Ashchurch Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ashchurch Primary School?

Ashchurch Primary School is at Ashchurch Road, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 8LA.