Ashgate Primary School

Ashgate Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a good quality of education across various domains. Pupils are happy and safe, displaying good behavior and a positive attitude towards learning. The school has made notable strides in supporting students, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, ensuring they receive a broad and ambitious curriculum tailored to their needs. The leadership is proactive in addressing gaps in learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with an improved reading and phonics curriculum in place. However, there is recognition that assessment in some foundation subjects requires better planning to maximize student progress.

Strengths

• Strong curriculum planning with high academic ambition.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND, particularly in The Hive.
• Good behavior and positive relationships between pupils and staff.
• Improved quality of phonics teaching benefiting early readers.
• Engagement in diverse extra-curricular opportunities.
• Responsive leadership dedicated to staff well-being and professional development.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent curriculum planning in some foundation subjects.
• Early readers need more targeted support to catch up with peers.

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 Ashgate Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.4% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Ashgate 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 Ashgate Primary School had 23.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.6% 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, 20.4% of pupils at Ashgate 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 Ashgate Primary School received £7,056 and spent £7,120 for each of its 313 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £5,000 (-£15 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 Ashgate Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Ashgate Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ashgate Primary School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Ashgate Primary School have?

Ashgate Primary School has 313 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ashgate Primary School cover?

Ashgate Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 38% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ashgate Primary School?

Ashgate Primary School is at Ashbourne Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3FS.