Ashcombe Primary School

Primary · Weston-super-Mare · BS23 3JW

Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 24 March 2026 · report published 17 May 2026

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At a glance

627 pupils · 100% of 630 capacity

School type: Academy converter
Age range: 4–11
Gender: Mixed
Free school meals: 22.5% of pupils
English as additional language: 14.1% of pupils
SEN support: 6.7% of pupils
EHC plan: 3.4% of pupils
Website: http://www.ashcombeprimary.co.uk
URN: 144924

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.98 first-choice applications per place

89 places offered · 87 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

25/26

26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

55%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

102

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

103

England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

4.9%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

12.7%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

23.6

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 0% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£5,782

Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

24 March 2026: Needs attention (report card inspection)
16 February 2022: School remains Good (ungraded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

Nearby schools

Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 0.5 mi
Hans Price AcademyGood · Secondary · 0.7 mi
Milton Park Primary SchoolNeeds attention · Primary · 0.7 mi
Walliscote Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 0.8 mi
Haywood Village AcademyNo current grade · Primary · 0.9 mi
Bournville Primary SchoolNot yet graded · Primary · 0.9 mi
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary SchoolGood · Primary · 1.0 mi
Worlebury St Pauls Church SchoolExpected standard · Primary · 1.1 mi

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