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Ashmead Combined School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Cole Road, Aylesbury HP21 8SU · ashmeadschool.org.uk · 01296 484434
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2020
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 68%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Buckinghamshire 65%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Buckinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 707
- 98% of 720 places
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 30.5%
- First language not English
- 39.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Buckinghamshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 86 families put the school first and 87 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 | 87 | 86 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 89 | 125 | 1.4▲ | 66% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 88 | 108 | 1.2▲ | 79% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 87 | 87 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 86 | 107 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
Results
In 2024/25, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% the higher standard. Across Buckinghamshire it was 65%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲68% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 110356)
Ofsted
Ashmead Combined School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 15 January 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 15 Jan 2020
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110356)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Apr 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110356), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Apr 2019Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110356)
Jul 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110356)
Feb 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110356)