Ashcombe Primary School, Weston-super-Mare

Ofsted's report card from its 24 March 2026 inspection grades Ashcombe Primary School on 7 areas: 4 expected standard and 3 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders regularly analyse rates of attendance."

Early years - Expected standard. "The Reception class provides a supportive and nurturing environment for children to begin their time in school."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "The school and staff rightly pride themselves on the close relationships they have with pupils, parents and carers."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils benefit from a well-planned programme for personal development and wellbeing."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Too many pupils leave Ashcombe Primary School without the skills and knowledge they need to be ready for the next stage of their education."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "The quality of teaching is variable."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "The actions that leaders have taken to improve provision have not been precise or swift enough."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure teaching helps pupils to improve the accuracy in their writing across subjects, particularly in handwriting, spelling, grammar and punctuation, so that pupils secure the knowledge they need to be well prepared for the next stage"; "Leaders should make sure that teaching provides appropriate ambition for pupils who have already secured the intended learning"; "Leaders should ensure that assessment is used more effectively to inform future learning, so pupils secure more of the knowledge and skills that they need"; "Leaders should ensure that they implement rigorous monitoring systems to check the impact of their improvement strategies"; "Leaders should continue their work to remove barriers to attendance and secure sustained improvements in overall attendance and persistent absence".

From the headteacher's welcome: "At Ashcombe we like to think of ourselves as a very big family and the quality of any school depends upon the relationships within it. We hope our association with your family will be a long and happy one for the benefit of your children."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, gymnastics, multi-sports and choir.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care, from £2.50 per session.

The school week is 31.25 hours a week.

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils at Ashcombe Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 67% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in North Somerset and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 68% in reading and 73% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 87 families put Ashcombe Primary School as their first choice and 139 named it as one of their preferences, for 89 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ashcombe Primary School are Christ Church Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 67% reading, 73% maths); Milton Park Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 64% reading, 71% maths); Walliscote Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 60% reading, 63% maths); and Haywood Village Academy (0.9 miles, Outstanding, 78% reading, 85% maths).

Ashcombe Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Ashcombe Primary School is one of 7 schools run by Kaleidoscope Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

52 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Ashcombe Primary School (as of April 2026): 96% would recommend the school, 89% say their child is happy there and 40% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (96%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (40%).

The nearest railway station is Weston-super-Mare Rail Station, about 960 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Birchwood Avenue (ne-bound), 230 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 581 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in North Somerset (76), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Ashcombe Primary School issued 39 suspensions, 6.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Ashcombe Primary School are Hans Price Academy (0.7 miles), Winterstoke Hundred Academy (1.2 miles), Worle Community School (1.4 miles) and Broadoak Academy (1.5 miles).