Ashbrook School

Ashbrook School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in all inspected areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This is the first routine inspection for the school since it became an academy, and it demonstrates a strong commitment to creating an inclusive and supportive environment where pupils can thrive. Parents have noted recent improvements in the school's academic offerings and involvement in the community, including the establishment of roles like the 'youth parliament' and 'eco-council'.

Strengths

• Pupils become confident and independent learners.
• The school has a broad, balanced, and ambitious curriculum.
• Pupils exhibit good behaviour and kindness towards each other.
• Pupils' personal development is a particular strength.
• Reading and phonics achievement is improving rapidly.
• Leaders prioritize working with families to improve attendance.

Areas for Improvement

• Teachers' subject knowledge and skills are less strong in a few areas.
• Some misconceptions among pupils are not identified and corrected consistently.

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 Ashbrook School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.7% 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 Ashbrook 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 Ashbrook School had 21.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 40.5% 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, 16.6% of pupils at Ashbrook School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 Ashbrook School received £6,836 and spent £6,177 for each of its 181 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £9,000 (-£50 per pupil).

Across all 20 schools of Inspiring Futures Through Learning, income was £6,729 and spending £6,481 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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Ashbrook School is part of Inspiring Futures Through Learning, which runs 22 schools. The nearest others:

• Two Mile Ash School Milton Keynes
• Holmwood School Milton Keynes
• Whitehouse Primary School Milton Keynes
• Fairfields Primary School Milton Keynes
• St Mary and St Giles Church of England School Milton Keynes
• New Chapter Primary School Milton Keynes
• Rickley Park Primary School Bletchley
• Chestnuts Primary School Milton Keynes
• Portfields Primary School Newport Pagnell
• Heronshill School and Nursery Milton Keynes

What is Ashbrook School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ashbrook School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Ashbrook School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ashbrook School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Ashbrook School have?

Ashbrook School has 169 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ashbrook School cover?

Ashbrook School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Ashbrook School?

Ashbrook School is at The High Street, Two Mile Ash, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK8 8NA.