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Ashcroft Infants' School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
Mildenhall, Off Wigginton Road, Tamworth B79 8RU · ashcroftinfantandnursery.co.uk · 01827 213760
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Feb 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Last distance offered
- 3.21 mi
- 5.17 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Staffordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 133
- 78% of 170 places
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 6.8%
- First language not English
- 1.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 3.21 mi (5.17 km) from the school. Source: Staffordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 41 families put the school first and 49 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 | 49 | 41 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 45 | 46 | 1▲ | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 40 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 3.21 mi5.17 km | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ashcroft Infants' School on 3 February 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 3 Feb 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Dec 2006Good
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 (31 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Positive
- 100%
- Replies
- 31
- 26% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on 2 parents (6%) with SEND