Ashtree Primary Academy, Stevenage
Ashtree Primary Academy is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Stevenage, part of Future Academies. It was 49% full in 2025.
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- Below England average
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 75 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Hertfordshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 1 Nov 2026
Ashtree Primary Academy in detail
Results
Ashtree Primary Academy has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, as Ashtree Primary School and Nursery (URN 117352), 54% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 49% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Ashtree Primary Academy
For September 2026 entry, 18 families put Ashtree Primary Academy as their first choice and 40 named it as one of their preferences, for 20 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Ashtree Primary Academy
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Ashtree Primary Academy are Featherstone Wood Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 77% reading, 77% maths); Peartree Spring Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 77% reading, 69% maths); Camps Hill Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 72% reading, 59% maths); and Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 80% reading, 75% maths).
Featherstone Wood Primary SchoolPeartree Spring Primary SchoolCamps Hill Primary SchoolAston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School
The trust
Ashtree Primary Academy is one of 11 schools run by Future Academies, an academy trust.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Stevenage Railway Station, about 1.8 miles away in a straight line.
6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ashtree Primary School (near), 110 metres away.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Ashtree Primary Academy issued 11 suspensions, 5.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Ashtree Primary Academy are Marriotts School (0.6 miles), Barnwell School (0.6 miles) and The Nobel School (1 mile).
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ashtree Primary Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in January 2025. Before that, as Ashtree Primary School and Nursery (URN 117352), it was rated Requires Improvement in December 2021.
At a Glance
25.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
23.2
Avg class size
21.3
Infant (KS1)
25.0
KS2
9
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
Results at Ashtree Primary School and Nursery before it took its current form in 2025 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published for Ashtree Primary School and Nursery (URN 117352), the school Ashtree Primary Academy replaced. There are no figures for Ashtree Primary Academy yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 65% to 54% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 63% to 49% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 69% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Ashtree Primary Academy
Nurseries
The nearest nurseries and pre-schools to Ashtree Primary Academy, with their latest published grades:
- Bunnies Preschool (Shephall) - Day nursery, 0.3 milesOfsted, 24 May 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Monkey Puzzle Stevenage Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, 0.3 miles
- Phoenix Nursery - Day nursery, 0.4 milesOfsted, 27 January 2022: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Triangle Pre-School - Pre-school, 0.5 milesOfsted, 5 December 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
- Noahs Ark Day Nursery - Day nursery, 0.5 milesOfsted, 24 June 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
Term dates
Ashtree Primary Academy is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Hertfordshire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Ashtree Primary Academy from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Ashtree Primary Academy is in Hertfordshire; for families living there:
- Hertfordshire's school travel policy: Read the home to school transport policy
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 0
- Children hurt
- 4
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 8 slight.
4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise.
5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Hertfordshire is 9 (the median across 590 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight are DfT estimates (severity adjustment). Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at Ashtree Primary Academy
Will you get a place at Ashtree Primary Academy?
For 2026 entry it had 18 first choices for 20 places. The report sets your home postcode against these figures.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
49%
Available places
204 pupils
420 places
216 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Across Hertfordshire council
Places available
14,776
Applications
12,543
Got 1st preference
89.1%
Got preferred school
98.4%
All primary applications across Hertfordshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
New homes granted nearby
Councils granted planning permission for at least 20 new homes within 2 miles of Ashtree Primary Academy since October 2023.
Largest schemes
- 20 homes at 10A And 10B Burwell Road Stevenage Herts SG2 9RFStevenage, ref 22/00437/FPM - granted 6 March 2024, 0.2 miles away
Schemes of 10 or more homes. Only full and outline permissions with the number of homes stated in the application are counted, and applications that may be for the same homes are counted once, so the true figure can be higher. Source: councils' planning registers.
Future places in the local planning area
DfE estimates the Stevenage South East Primary planning area (Hertfordshire) will have 575 spare primary places in 2027/28.
Source: Department for Education, School capacity: Academic year 2024/25 (published 19 March 2026), estimates of future school place demand by planning area. Council pupil forecasts against reported places, counting places councils and DfE plan to add or remove; rounded to whole places. Explore Education Statistics
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
26
SEN Support
8
EHC Plans
16.3%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
209
Total Pupils
116
Boys
93
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
11
Teachers
19.0:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£54,148
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,611
Per pupil
£1367k
Total funding
£91k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
6.9%
Overall absence
19.7%
Persistent absence
188
Enrolments
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Ashtree Primary Academy
Questions parents ask about Ashtree Primary Academy
Are there exam results for Ashtree Primary Academy?
Ashtree Primary Academy has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, as Ashtree Primary School and Nursery (URN 117352), 54% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 49% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Ashtree Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ashtree Primary Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted since it took its current form in January 2025. Before that, as Ashtree Primary School and Nursery (URN 117352), it was rated Requires Improvement in December 2021.
Is it hard to get a place at Ashtree Primary Academy?
Ashtree Primary Academy was not full in 2025: it ran at 49% of its 420 places.
How big are the classes at Ashtree Primary Academy?
Classes at Ashtree Primary Academy average 23.2 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Ashtree Primary Academy?
Ashtree Primary Academy has around 209 pupils on roll. 26% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Ashtree Primary Academy?
6.9% of sessions were missed at Ashtree Primary Academy in 2024/25. 19.7% of pupils were persistently absent.
How many road collisions happen near Ashtree Primary Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 0 serious and 8 slight. 4 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 2 in a vehicle or otherwise. 5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Hertfordshire is 9 (the median across 590 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Ashtree Primary Academy?
Ashtree Primary Academy is at Chertsey Rise, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 9JQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)