West Ashtead Primary Academy, Ashtead

Ofsted's report card from its 27 January 2026 inspection grades West Ashtead Primary Academy on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils in school make progress through the well-sequenced curriculum."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise improving attendance and punctuality for all pupils, including those who are persistently or severely absent."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have constructed a coherently planned curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "The early years curriculum is thoughtfully designed."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "The school is highly inclusive."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate understanding of the school's strengths and areas for development."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders ensure that the school's personal development programme is broad and coherently designed and offers well-considered enrichment activities."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should build on their work to support pupils at risk of lower attendance so that all groups of pupils attend regularly. • Leaders should ensure that the curriculum is taught consistently well across all subjects so that pupils' knowledge builds effectively over time".

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care.

Coming up: an open day on Wednesday 4 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils at West Ashtead Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 79% in Surrey and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 86% in reading and 81% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 23 families put West Ashtead Primary Academy as their first choice and 89 named it as one of their preferences, for 23 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to West Ashtead Primary Academy are St Peter's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles); St Giles' CofE (Aided) Infant School (0.7 miles, Good); Barnett Wood Infant School (0.7 miles, Outstanding); and Leatherhead Trinity School and Nursery (0.9 miles, Good, 68% reading, 77% maths).

West Ashtead Primary Academy is one of 13 schools run by Leo Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 83% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

85 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about West Ashtead Primary Academy (as of April 2026): 93% would recommend the school, 92% say their child is happy there and 69% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (93%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (69%).

The nearest railway station is Ashtead Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Stag Leys (opposite), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood West Ashtead Primary Academy stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, West Ashtead Primary Academy issued 3 suspensions, 1.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to West Ashtead Primary Academy are St Andrew's Catholic School (0.4 miles) and Therfield School (1.2 miles).