Ash Hill Primary School
Herbert Road, High Wycombe, HP13 7HT
This school is open but due to close.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Vicki Manning
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Wycombe
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 215
- URN
- 110261
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01494523218
About this school
Ash Hill Primary School is a community primary school in High Wycombe. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 215 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: requires significant improvement.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 29 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 41% | 43% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 66% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 52% | 61% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 66% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Ash Hill Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Buckinghamshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47% | 59.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 41% | 61.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 43% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 229 |
| 2023/24 | 232 |
| 2024/25 | 217 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ash Hill Primary School compares
Ash Hill Primary School ranked 134th of 142 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43% | 6.8% | 45.2% | 215 | — |
| Tylers Green Middle School | 69% | 3.8% | 11.9% | 255 | 0.4 miles |
| Kings Wood School and Nursery | 54% | 6.6% | 35.7% | 446 | 0.6 miles |
| Tylers Green First School | — | 3.4% | 6.3% | 179 | 0.7 miles |
| Manor Farm Community Infant School | — | 4.3% | 7% | 132 | 0.8 miles |
| Manor Farm Junior School | 54% | 4.3% | 14.5% | 202 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report2 December 2025
- 4 May 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.23%
- English as an additional language
- 35.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.75%
- Persistent absence
- 20%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Tylers Green Middle School0.4 miles
Primary · High Wycombe
-
Kings Wood School and Nursery0.6 miles
Primary · High Wycombe
-
Tylers Green First School0.7 miles
Primary · High Wycombe
-
Manor Farm Community Infant School0.8 miles
Primary · High Wycombe
-
Manor Farm Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · High Wycombe
Other schools in High Wycombe
Ash Hill Primary School ranks 34th of the 36 ranked primary schools in High Wycombe.
- Abbey View Primary Academy Primary
- Ash Hill Primary School Primary
- Beechview Academy Primary
- Bledlow Ridge School Primary
- Booker Hill Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Cadmore End CofE School Primary
- Carrington Infant School Primary
- Carrington Junior School Primary
- Castlefield School Primary
- Cedar Park School & Nursery Primary
- Chepping View Primary Academy Primary
- Great Kingshill Church of England Combined School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ash Hill Primary School teach?
- Ash Hill Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in High Wycombe.
- Who is the headteacher of Ash Hill Primary School?
- The headteacher of Ash Hill Primary School is Mrs Vicki Manning, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ash Hill Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ash Hill Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Ash Hill Primary School?
- Ash Hill Primary School has 215 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Ash Hill Primary School a faith school?
- No. Ash Hill Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Ash Hill Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Ash Hill Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Ash Hill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 47% in 2022/23 and 43% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ash Hill Primary School rank locally?
- Ash Hill Primary School ranked 134th of 142 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 14% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ash Hill Primary School's absence rate?
- Ash Hill Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ash Hill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ash Hill Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.