Ashbourne Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Ashbourne · DE6 1EJ · Derbyshire
Ages 3–11
- FSM31.2%
0.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 112796
St Oswald's CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school · Ashbourne · DE6 1AS
Ages 5–11 · 204 pupils · Derbyshire
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
61%
Overall absence
5.2%
Admissions demand
1.03 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-07-21
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)61%
Higher standard (RWM)4%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)11.5%
Unauthorised0.7%
- Authorised absence
- 4.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 174
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.03 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
31
Places offered
30
1st-preference offers
30
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 51
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 30
- Applications from outside LA
- 3
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 2
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill97%
204 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 204
- Boys / girls
- 108 / 96
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 204 / 210 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 23%
- FSM pupils
- 47
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Derby
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Wood
Location
- Address
- Mayfield Road
- Postcode
- DE6 1AS
- Town
- Ashbourne
- County
- Derbyshire
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- District
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 5–11, in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, 204 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 23%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Derby.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Hilltop Primary Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Ashbourne · DE6 1NB · Derbyshire
Ages 3–11
- Absence8.7%
- FSM37.1%
- Demand1.00
0.7 miles away
Clifton CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Ashbourne · DE6 2GJ · Derbyshire
Ages 5–11
- KS267%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM15.0%
- Demand1.00
1.1 miles away
Osmaston CofE (VC) Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Ashbourne · DE6 1LW · Derbyshire
Ages 4–11
- KS286%
- Absence2.9%
- FSM8.8%
- Demand1.00
2.1 miles away
Fitzherbert CofE (Aided) Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Ashbourne · DE6 1LD · Derbyshire
Ages 5–11
- KS260%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM20.8%
- Demand1.00
2.2 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Wood
- Telephone
- 01335342660