Ashtree Primary Academy
Primary · Stevenage · SG2 9JQ
Data updated
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.
Inspected 8 December 2021
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
209 pupils · 44% of 480 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 26.5% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 18.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 14.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 2.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 151215
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 18 families named it first for 20 Reception places, 0.90 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2016 entry went to 663.87 m (≈0.41 mi); distance decided places in 2 of the 12 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 8 December 2021, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.90 first-choice applications per place20 places offered · 18 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2016 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 663.87 m (≈0.41 mi)
measured in a straight line.
Furthest child admitted, by admission rule (2026 entry)
- Nearest School
- 601.01 m (≈0.37 mi)
- Not Nearest School
- 2312.78 m (≈1.44 mi)
Places were not all filled that year, so these distances show how far the furthest child admitted under each rule lived, not how close you needed to be.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Stevenage school admissions · Hertfordshire school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
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no data
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 66% (Hertfordshire 58%, England 60%) · Any other White background 8% (Hertfordshire 11%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Black African 3% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 2% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
5.12 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hertfordshire: 2.92 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,148; 27.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 5/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 27.9% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 16.8% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 30.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 18.4% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 50.2% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 61.5% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 27% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 11.4% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 3.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 5.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 8.8% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 15.3% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023752 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £325,000388 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £289,500–£365,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.66 km, 2016 entry): 223 sales, median £327,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.
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
- 2an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 4an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 8an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0an 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