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Ashmount Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Crouch Hill Park, 83 Crouch Hill, London N8 9EG · ashmountprimaryschool.co.uk · 020 7272 7145
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Islington 67%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.5
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 390
- 87% of 450 places
- Local authority
- Islington
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 38.5%
- First language not English
- 37.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 27 families put the school first and 56 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 56 | 27 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 39 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 53 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 53 | 0.9 | 92% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 53 | 0.9 | 89% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | No distance given | |
| September 2025 | 1.28 mi2.07 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.86 mi1.38 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 18% the higher standard. Across Islington it was 67%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ▲18% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ashmount Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 17 May 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 17 May 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2019Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Apr 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Oct 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (67 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 67
- 17% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 79% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied