Ashton Park School

Ashton Park School has demonstrated strong overall performance in its first inspection, with an overall effectiveness rated as good across all inspected areas. Pupils express satisfaction in their school experience, finding their lessons engaging and feeling safe within the school community. The leadership has established clear expectations via the 'Ashton Park Way', fostering an environment of respect and community involvement. The school offers a broad curriculum that is ambitious, albeit some aspects are newly implemented and still developing their effectiveness. Teachers possess strong subject knowledge and take a keen interest in their pupils' success.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy lessons and feel safe at school.
• Staff have high expectations for pupil behavior.
• The curriculum in key stage 3 is broad and ambitious.
• Teachers have strong subject knowledge and design effective lessons.
• Pupils receive supportive career guidance, including work experience opportunities.
• A culture of safeguarding is prioritized, with effective arrangements in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils with SEND do not receive adequate support.
• Teaching does not always reinforce prior knowledge effectively.

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 Ashton Park School attended 89.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 27.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 6.7% of pupils at Ashton Park School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 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 Ashton Park School had 17.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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, 11.5% of pupils at Ashton Park School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 6.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 27 pupils.

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

In 2024–25 Ashton Park School received £8,171 and spent £8,084 for each of its 1,257 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £636,000 (£506 per pupil).

Across all 20 schools of Excalibur Academies Trust, income was £7,945 and spending £8,027 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.

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Ashton Park School is part of Excalibur Academies Trust, which runs 20 schools. The nearest others:

• Ashton Vale Primary School Bristol
• Luckwell Primary School Bristol
• Compass Point Primary School Bristol
• Redland Green School Bristol
• Cabot Primary School Bristol
• Fairfield High School Bristol
• May Park Primary School Bristol
• Oare Church of England Primary School Marlborough
• St John's Marlborough Marlborough
• Nythe Primary School Swindon

What is Ashton Park School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Ashton Park School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ashton Park School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Ashton Park School have?

Ashton Park School has 1,272 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ashton Park School cover?

Ashton Park School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Ashton Park School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 48.0, and 47% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Ashton Park School?

Ashton Park School is at Blackmoor's Lane, Bower Ashton, Bristol, BS3 2JL.