Ashmount School
Thorpe Hill, Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mr David Deacon
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Loughborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 168
- Pupils on roll
- 209
- URN
- 120352
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01509268506
About this school
Ashmount School is a community special school in Loughborough. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 209 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 18 May 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Outstanding. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 14 | 15 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.90 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 16 | 15 | 10 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Ashmount 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 | Leicestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 60.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 61.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 196 |
| 2023/24 | 204 |
| 2024/25 | 207 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.93%
- English as an additional language
- 8.7%
- Overall absence
- 9.4%
- Persistent absence
- 25.31%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Loughborough University0.6 miles
Universities · Loughborough
-
Hardwick House School1.0 miles
Special schools
-
Compass Community School Mountfields Park1.1 miles
Special schools · Loughborough
-
Nanpantan Hall Nurture Centre1.1 miles
Special schools
-
Sense College Loughborough1.2 miles
Other types · Loughborough
Other schools in Loughborough
- Bowman Academy Free Schools
- Compass Community School Mountfields Park Special schools
- Maplewell Hall School Special schools
- Quorn Hall School Special schools
- Sense College Loughborough Other types
- Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary School Primary
- Belton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Booth Wood Academy Primary
- Brookside Primary School Primary
- Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School Primary
- Christ Church & Saint Peter's Cofe Primary School Primary
- Cobden Primary School & Community Centre Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ashmount School teach?
- Ashmount School teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Loughborough.
- Who is the head teacher of Ashmount School?
- The head teacher of Ashmount School is Mr David Deacon, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ashmount School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ashmount 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 Ashmount School?
- Ashmount School has 209 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Ashmount School full?
- Ashmount School has capacity for 168 pupils and 209 on roll (124%), 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 Ashmount School a faith school?
- No. Ashmount School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Ashmount School have?
- The schools register lists Ashmount School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Ashmount School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Ashmount School's absence rate?
- Ashmount School's overall absence rate is 9.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ashmount School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ashmount 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.