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Ashgate Primary School

Primary · Derby · DE22 3FS

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 6 June 2023

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At a glance

313 pupils · 99% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
35.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
27.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.ashgate.derby.sch.uk
URN
131685

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 33 families named it first for 42 Reception places, 0.79 first choices per place. We hold 7 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2020 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 6 June 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.79 first-choice applications per place

42 places offered · 33 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

45 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
38%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
101
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school38%
Median of its 12 closest peers64.5%
Derby average57.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Haimo Primary SchoolLondon · 121 miles awayGood72%
The Ridgeway Primary SchoolReading · 106 miles awayGood54%
Westmoor Primary SchoolDewsbury · 53 miles awayGood63%
Herringthorpe Junior SchoolRotherham · 35 miles awayOutstanding85%
St Anne's (Stanley) Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolLiverpool · 68 miles awayNeeds attention66%
Fairhouse Community Primary SchoolBasildon · 125 miles awayGood69%
St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and NurseryLiverpool · 68 miles awayGood63%
St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolManchester · 56 miles awayGood76%
Oriel Academy West LondonFeltham · 113 miles awayExpected standard71%
Balliol Primary SchoolBedford · 70 miles awayGood39%
The Beeches Community Primary SchoolIpswich · 125 miles awayGood50%
Gunthorpe Primary SchoolPeterborough · 56 miles awayRequires improvement44%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 41% (Derby 45%, England 60%) · Black African 28% (Derby 8%, England 5%) · Any other White background 8% (Derby 7%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Derby 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Derby 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 3% (Derby 6%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Derby 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Derby 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Derby 4%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Derby 12%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Derby 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Derby 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Derby 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Derby 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Derby 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.90 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Derby: 1.78 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

64.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 14.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,673; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,120
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£4,598; in-year balance -£20,055

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher30.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work19.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier26.8%62.3%
Social housing13.7%17.1%
Privately rented59.5%20.5%
Detached houses1.8%22.9%
Flats20.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van35.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01013551 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£158,500426 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£125,000–£199,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (19)£345,000
Semi-detached (65)£204,000
Terraced (240)£161,000
Flat (102)£105,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
12an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
48an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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