Ashperton Primary Academy

Ashperton Primary Academy has achieved a 'Good' overall effectiveness grade during its first inspection under the new framework since becoming an academy. The school displays a strong commitment to high standards, particularly in the areas of behaviour and attitudes, which have been rated as outstanding. Pupils exhibit exemplary behaviour, and they actively engage in various enriching activities that contribute positively to their personal development and understanding of global issues like sustainable development. However, the school also faces challenges regarding phonics instruction and early years curriculum delivery, which require focused improvements.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit exemplary behaviour and a strong sense of responsibility.
• The school provides a rich curriculum that includes sustainable development goals.
• Leaders have high expectations for all pupils.
• Teachers are supported well to address the needs of pupils with SEND.
• The school promotes personal development effectively through various extracurricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Phonically decodable books do not consistently match the sounds pupils are learning.
• The early years curriculum is not planned and delivered as effectively as it could be.

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 Ashperton Primary Academy attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.4% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Ashperton Primary Academy 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 Ashperton Primary Academy had 24.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.6% 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, 15.3% of pupils at Ashperton Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 2024–25 Ashperton Primary Academy received £6,067 and spent £5,584 for each of its 209 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £538,000 (£2,574 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

• Primary Schools
• Secondary Schools

All schools in Ledbury · Herefordshire, County of local authority: places and applications

What is Ashperton Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ashperton Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Ashperton Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Ashperton Primary Academy was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Ashperton Primary Academy have?

Ashperton Primary Academy has 202 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ashperton Primary Academy cover?

Ashperton Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Ashperton Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ashperton Primary Academy?

Ashperton Primary Academy is at Ashperton, Ledbury, Herefordshire, HR8 2SE.