Ashbrook Infant School
Victoria Avenue, Borrowash, Derby, DE72 3HF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lynette Hardwick
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Mid Derbyshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 150
- Pupils on roll
- 122
- URN
- 112688
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01332662695
About this school
Ashbrook Infant School is a community primary school in Derby. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 122 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Ashbrook Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 161 |
| 2023/24 | 146 |
| 2024/25 | 143 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ashbrook Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4% | 20.7% | 122 | — |
| Ashbrook Junior School | 60% | 4.3% | 33.5% | 168 | 0.0 miles |
| Asterdale Primary School | 61% | 4.8% | 27.9% | 208 | 0.7 miles |
| Redhill Primary School | 100% | 3.3% | 7.4% | 215 | 0.8 miles |
| Borrow Wood Primary School | 75% | 4.9% | 29.6% | 276 | 1.1 miles |
| St Werburgh's CofE Primary School | 65% | 4.3% | 17.1% | 281 | 1.5 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 20.72%
- English as an additional language
- 4.9%
- Overall absence
- 3.96%
- Persistent absence
- 6.49%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ashbrook Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Asterdale Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Redhill Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Borrow Wood Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Derby
-
St Werburgh's CofE Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Derby
Other schools in Derby
- Akaal Primary School Primary
- Allenton Primary School Primary
- Alvaston Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Alvaston Junior Academy Primary
- Arboretum Primary School Primary
- Ash Croft Primary Academy Primary
- Ashbrook Junior School Primary
- Ashgate Primary School Primary
- Ashwood Spencer Academy Primary
- Asterdale Primary School Primary
- Aston-on-Trent Primary School Primary
- Beaufort Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ashbrook Infant School teach?
- Ashbrook Infant School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Derby.
- Who is the headteacher of Ashbrook Infant School?
- The headteacher of Ashbrook Infant School is Mrs Lynette Hardwick, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ashbrook Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ashbrook Infant 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 Ashbrook Infant School?
- Ashbrook Infant School has 122 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Ashbrook Infant School full?
- Ashbrook Infant School has capacity for 150 pupils and 122 on roll (81%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Ashbrook Infant School a faith school?
- No. Ashbrook Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Ashbrook Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Ashbrook Infant School as having nursery classes.
- What is Ashbrook Infant School's absence rate?
- Ashbrook Infant School's overall absence rate is 4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Ashbrook Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Ashbrook Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.