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Ashmead Combined School

Primary · Aylesbury · HP21 8SU

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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: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 15 January 2020

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At a glance

707 pupils · 98% of 720 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
30.5% of pupils
English as additional language
36.5% of pupils
SEN support
19.7% of pupils
EHC plan
5.2% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.ashmeadschool.org.uk
URN
151367

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.99 first-choice applications per place

87 places offered · 86 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 (2025 entry) lived within 1 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff distance by entry year

23
24
25

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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.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.6%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.3%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.2
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£4,883
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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