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Ashgate Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Ashbourne Road, Derby DE22 3FS · ashgate.derby.sch.uk · 01332 343928
On the mapSearch near DE22 3FS
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 38%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Derby 57%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 313
- 99% of 315 places
- Local authority
- Derby
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 35.5%
- First language not English
- 25.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 33 families put the school first and 42 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 | 42 | 33 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 45 | 54 | 1.2▲ | 74% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 44 | 53 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 41 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 38% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Derby it was 57%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼38% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼101 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ashgate Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 6 Jun 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: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (17 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 17
- 5% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 59% who had a child bullied