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Ashfield Infant & Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Newlands Lane, Workington CA14 3JG · ashfieldinf.cumbria.sch.uk · 01900 606301
On the mapSearch near CA14 3JG
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 200
- 100% of 201 places
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 11%
- First language not English
- 4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 52 families put the school first and 52 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 52 | 52 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 51 | 49 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 55 | 55 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 56 | 56 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 62 | 1▲ | 97% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ashfield Infant & Nursery School on 30 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 30 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jun 2024
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2024Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Dec 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Jan 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (60 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 60
- 30% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 50% who raised concerns
based on the 15% who had a child bullied