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Ashtree Primary Academy

Primary · Stevenage · SG2 9JQ

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Requires improvement

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: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 8 December 2021

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At a glance

209 pupils · 44% of 480 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
26.5% of pupils
English as additional language
18.1% of pupils
SEN support
14.4% of pupils
EHC plan
2.3% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.ashtree.futureacademies.org/
URN
151215

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.90 first-choice applications per place

20 places offered · 18 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 601.01 m (≈0.37 mi)

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff distance by entry year

25
26
26

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

no data

Reaching the higher standard

no data

Average scaled score (reading)

no data

Average scaled score (maths)

no data

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)
6.2%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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£6,024
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.

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