Ashcott Primary School

Ashcott Primary School has effectively maintained the high standards identified during its last inspection in 2019. The school fosters a strong community spirit, encouraging collaboration among pupils, staff, and the wider village community. Pupils show pride in their nurturing and welcoming school environment, which promotes both academic achievement and personal development, particularly in reading and mathematics. The school places a significant emphasis on fostering ambition in its pupils, resulting in positive educational outcomes and a harmonious learning environment.

Strengths

• Strong focus on reading and mathematics with high standards.
• Effective and well-embedded reading curriculum and phonics programme.
• Successful buddy system and leadership roles prepare pupils for responsibility.
• Pupil voice is valued and incorporated into the school's development.
• Extensive enrichment offer enhances pupils' curriculum experience.

Areas for Improvement

• Wider curriculum subjects are not as well embedded as English and mathematics.
• Lack of clear expectations for pupils' behaviour for learning.
• Need for better systems to check prior learning in newer curricular themes.

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 Ashcott Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.3% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Ashcott 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 Ashcott Primary School had 22.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 12.0% of pupils at Ashcott Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 Ashcott Primary School received £7,246 and spent £7,146 for each of its 117 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £24,000 (£206 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 Ashcott Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ashcott Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Ashcott Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ashcott Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Ashcott Primary School have?

Ashcott Primary School has 117 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ashcott Primary School cover?

Ashcott Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ashcott Primary School?

Ashcott Primary School is at Ridgeway, Ashcott, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 9PP.