Ashtree Primary School and Nursery
Chertsey Rise, Stevenage, SG2 9JQ
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
It was replaced by Ashtree Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Maria Janes
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stevenage
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 280
- Pupils on roll
- 269
- URN
- 117352
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
About this school
Ashtree Primary School and Nursery was a community primary school in Stevenage. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 269 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Ashtree Primary School and Nursery has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 52 | 51 | 35 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 57% | 31% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 12% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 65% | 54% |
| Expected standard in maths | 58% | 63% | 49% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 55% | 60% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 105.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 102.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.40 | - | - |
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 Ashtree Primary School and Nursery has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hertfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 31% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 304 |
| 2023/24 | 269 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ashtree Primary School and Nursery compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 31% | 9.1% | 27% | 269 | — |
| Ashtree Primary Academy | — | 6.9% | 28.2% | 209 | 0.0 miles |
| Featherstone Wood Primary School | 64% | 7.1% | 34.8% | 222 | 0.3 miles |
| Peartree Spring Primary School | 68% | 5.4% | 19.5% | 626 | 0.6 miles |
| Camps Hill Primary School | 50% | 6.5% | 27.8% | 462 | 0.7 miles |
| Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School | 75% | 3.6% | 6.8% | 129 | 0.8 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)
- 27%
- English as an additional language
- 19.3%
- Overall absence
- 9.1%
- Persistent absence
- 25.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ashtree Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Featherstone Wood Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Peartree Spring Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Camps Hill Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Stevenage
Other schools in Stevenage
- Almond Hill Junior School Primary
- Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Ashtree Primary Academy Primary
- Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School Primary
- Bedwell Primary School Primary
- Benington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Broom Barns Primary School Primary
- Camps Hill Primary School Primary
- Fairlands Primary School Primary
- Featherstone Wood Primary School Primary
- Giles Junior School Primary
- Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ashtree Primary School and Nursery teach?
- Ashtree Primary School and Nursery taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Stevenage.
- Has Ashtree Primary School and Nursery been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Ashtree Primary School and Nursery 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 Ashtree Primary School and Nursery?
- Ashtree Primary School and Nursery had 269 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Ashtree Primary School and Nursery's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 31% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Ashtree Primary School and Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ashtree Primary School and Nursery'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 31 December 2024.