Ashcroft Infants' School

Ashcroft Infants' School is performing well overall, excelling in its commitment to safeguarding and the personal development of its pupils. The school has created a positive culture where children feel safe and nurtured, leading to improved attendance and respectful behavior. Most pupils learn effectively, particularly in early reading and mathematics, and are well-prepared for their transition to junior school. However, challenges remain in ensuring that older pupils develop their writing skills and spelling proficiency more robustly. The school operates in a supportive community environment, with strong leadership and a dedicated staff who prioritize the individual needs of each pupil. Parents express high levels of satisfaction, highlighting the welcoming atmosphere and quality of education provided. Despite recent changes to the curriculum structure with mixed-age classes in key stage 1, the school leadership has maintained a clear focus on delivering foundational knowledge effectively across subjects, although there are areas that need consistent reinforcement among staff.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding measures ensuring pupils feel safe and cared for.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils promote a supportive learning environment.
• Broad and balanced curriculum designed with pupils' needs at its core.
• High pupil attendance rates above the national average.
• Effective phonics program with improvements in support for early reading.
• Emphasis on personal development and wellbeing through a rich curriculum.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in teaching hinder the progress of some older pupils.
• Older pupils need better support to enhance their spelling and writing skills.
• Subject leaders have not fully reviewed the impact of curriculum changes.

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 Ashcroft Infants' School attended 96.0% 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 Ashcroft Infants' School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 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 Ashcroft Infants' School had 19.0 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, 6.0% of pupils at Ashcroft Infants' School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.8% 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 Ashcroft Infants' School received £7,908 and spent £7,923 for each of its 133 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £135,000 (£1,016 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 Ashcroft Infants' School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ashcroft Infants' School is Expected standard, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Ashcroft Infants' School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ashcroft Infants' School was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Ashcroft Infants' School have?

Ashcroft Infants' School has 133 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ashcroft Infants' School cover?

Ashcroft Infants' School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Ashcroft Infants' School?

Ashcroft Infants' School is at Mildenhall, Off Wigginton Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8RU.