Aston Fields Middle School
Drummond Road, Bromsgrove, B60 2ET
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 9 to 13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Andrea Hales
- Constituency
- Bromsgrove
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 598
- URN
- 116957
- Local authority
- Worcestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01527876026
About this school
Aston Fields Middle School is a community middle school in Bromsgrove. It teaches children aged 9 to 13 and has 598 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 149 | 150 | 151 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 68% | 71% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 9% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 79% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 77% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 77% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.20 | - | - |
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 Aston Fields Middle 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 | Worcestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 60% | 54.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 56.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 71% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 597 |
| 2023/24 | 597 |
| 2024/25 | 595 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Aston Fields Middle School compares
Aston Fields Middle School ranked 39th of 128 primary schools in Worcestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 71% | 5.2% | 16% | 598 | — |
| St John's Church of England Middle School Academy | 75% | 6.5% | 26.4% | 658 | 1.0 miles |
| Parkside Middle School | 56% | 6.4% | 21.6% | 593 | 1.1 miles |
| Catshill Middle School | 51% | 6.3% | 26.7% | 424 | 2.4 miles |
| Alvechurch CofE Middle School | 72% | 3.2% | 8% | 451 | 4.0 miles |
| Birchensale Middle School | 47% | 6.5% | 37.4% | 522 | 4.1 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)
- 15.97%
- English as an additional language
- 2.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.22%
- Persistent absence
- 12.23%
Location
Nearby schools
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St John's Church of England Middle School Academy1.0 miles
Middle deemed secondary · Bromsgrove
-
Parkside Middle School1.1 miles
Middle deemed secondary · Bromsgrove
-
Catshill Middle School2.4 miles
Middle deemed secondary · Bromsgrove
-
Alvechurch CofE Middle School4.0 miles
Middle deemed secondary · Birmingham
-
Birchensale Middle School4.1 miles
Middle deemed secondary · Redditch
Other schools in Bromsgrove
- Catshill Middle School Middle deemed secondary
- Parkside Middle School Middle deemed secondary
- St John's Church of England Middle School Academy Middle deemed secondary
- Blackwell First School Primary
- Catshill First School Primary
- Charford First School Primary
- Dodford First School Primary
- Fairfield First School Primary
- Finstall First School Primary
- Hanbury CofE First School Primary
- Lickey End First School Primary
- Meadows First School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Aston Fields Middle School teach?
- Aston Fields Middle School teaches children aged 9 to 13. It is a middle school in Bromsgrove.
- Who is the headteacher of Aston Fields Middle School?
- The headteacher of Aston Fields Middle School is Mrs Andrea Hales, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Aston Fields Middle School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Aston Fields Middle 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 Aston Fields Middle School?
- Aston Fields Middle School has 598 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 9 to 13.
- Is Aston Fields Middle School full?
- Aston Fields Middle School has capacity for 600 pupils and 598 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Aston Fields Middle School a faith school?
- No. Aston Fields Middle School has no designated religious character.
- How have Aston Fields Middle School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 71% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Aston Fields Middle School rank locally?
- Aston Fields Middle School ranked 39th of 128 primary schools in Worcestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Aston Fields Middle School's absence rate?
- Aston Fields Middle School's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Aston Fields Middle School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Aston Fields Middle 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 June 2026.