Ashleworth Church of England Primary School, Gloucester

Ofsted's report card from its 11 March 2026 inspection grades Ashleworth Church of England Primary School on 6 areas: 1 needs attention and 5 urgent improvement. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Needs attention. "Leaders are in the early stages of improving their personal development programme."

Achievement - Urgent improvement. "Pupils do not achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Urgent improvement. "Pupils do not attend school often enough."

Curriculum and teaching - Urgent improvement. "Teaching in the school is poor."

Inclusion - Urgent improvement. "Despite some very recent improvements, the school's support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is poor."

Leadership and governance - Urgent improvement. "Leaders have not acted quickly enough to address the widespread issues in the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders, and those responsible for governance, must ensure that they urgently improve their capacity to identify, tackle and monitor the weaknesses in the school, so that these are addressed rapidly"; "Leaders must ensure that staff develop the expertise they need to teach the curriculum well, ensuring that there are high expectations of what pupils can do"; "Leaders must ensure that pupils master the basic knowledge and skills they need in reading and writing so that they can access learning across the whole curriculum"; "Leaders must ensure that pupils' gaps in knowledge across the curriculum are accurately identified and urgently addressed so that they securely develop the essential knowledge and skills they need to progress to the next stage of education"; "Leaders must ensure that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and those who are disadvantaged, receive the precise support they need to help them learn with increasing independence and develop positive attitudes to their learning"; "Leaders must ensure that staff understand and implement behaviour systems fairly and consistently to ensure that pupils behave consistently well"; "Leaders must ensure that their systems for attendance improve overall attendance and reduce persistent absence for all groups of pupils"; "Leaders should further develop the personal development programme so that pupils benefit from a range of suitable opportunities that broaden their experiences and enable them to develop their talents and interests in areas such as the arts, music and sport".

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:00am and after-school care, from £4.00 per session.

For September 2026 entry, 0 families put Ashleworth Church of England Primary School as their first choice and 10 named it as one of their preferences, for 2 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Ashleworth Church of England Primary School are Hartpury Church of England Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 47% reading, 60% maths); Staunton and Corse Church of England Primary School (2.6 miles, Outstanding, 86% reading, 79% maths); Norton Church of England Primary School (2.9 miles, Good, 70% reading, 65% maths); and Highnam CofE Primary Academy (3.3 miles, Good, 84% reading, 87% maths).

53.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 0% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (60%), Mixed (27%) and Black (7%).

In 2026, 7 pupils (46.7%) received SEN support and 3 (20%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Ashleworth Church of England Primary School had 4 teachers in 2026, one for every 5 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Ashleworth Church of England Primary School.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Quay Lane (before), 70 metres away.

In 2024/25, Ashleworth Church of England Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 13 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.