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Ashby Fields Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Wimborne Place, Ashby Fields, Daventry NN11 0YP · ashbyfields.co.uk · 01327 310068
On the mapSearch near NN11 0YP
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. West Northamptonshire 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 397
- 95% of 420 places
- Local authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 14.9%
- First language not English
- 28.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Inmat
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 49 families put the school first and 55 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 | 55 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 51 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 45 | 32 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 52 | 36 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 56 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% the higher standard. Across West Northamptonshire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 131671)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ashby Fields Primary School on 1 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 1 Apr 2025
- 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: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good May 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (152 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 152
- 38% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied
based on 23 parents (15%) with SEND