Ashbourne Primary School
Cokayne Avenue, Ashbourne, DE6 1EJ
This school is closed (it closed in September 2024).
It was replaced by Ashbourne Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Paula Chisholm
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 202
- URN
- 112678
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
About this school
Ashbourne Primary School was a community primary school in Ashbourne. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 202 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Ashbourne Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 33 | 34 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 27% | 44% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 0% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 42% | 71% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 36% | 68% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 48% | 71% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.20 | - | - |
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 Ashbourne 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 | Derbyshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 27% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 44% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 208 |
| 2023/24 | 202 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ashbourne Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 77% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 4.6% | 35.1% | 202 | — |
| Ashbourne Primary School | — | 4.6% | 37% | 202 | 0.0 miles |
| St Oswald's CofE Primary School | 68% | 3.9% | 22.8% | 204 | 0.6 miles |
| Hilltop Primary Academy | 53% | 8.4% | 41.6% | 126 | 0.9 miles |
| Clifton CofE Primary School | 80% | 2.9% | 14% | 107 | 1.7 miles |
| Fitzherbert CofE (Aided) Primary School | — | 5.5% | 26.5% | 48 | 2.0 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.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.1%
- English as an additional language
- 14.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.6%
- Persistent absence
- 10.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ashbourne Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Ashbourne
-
St Oswald's CofE Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Ashbourne
-
Hilltop Primary Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Ashbourne
-
Clifton CofE Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Ashbourne
-
Fitzherbert CofE (Aided) Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Ashbourne
Other schools in Ashbourne
- Ashbourne Primary School Primary
- Bradley CofE Primary School Primary
- Brailsford CofE Primary School Primary
- Clifton CofE Primary School Primary
- Doveridge Primary School Primary
- Fitzherbert CofE (Aided) Primary School Primary
- Hilltop Primary Academy Primary
- Hulland CofE Primary School Primary
- Ilam Church of England Primary School Primary
- Kirk Ireton C of E Primary School Primary
- Kirk Langley CofE Primary School Primary
- Kniveton CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ashbourne Primary School teach?
- Ashbourne Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Ashbourne.
- Has Ashbourne Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Ashbourne Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Ashbourne Primary School?
- Ashbourne Primary School had 202 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Ashbourne Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 27% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Ashbourne Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ashbourne 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 30 September 2024.