West Ashtead Primary Academy, Ashtead
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 8 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
West Ashtead provides a warm, nurturing environment where children thrive both academically and personally. Staff know pupils well and respond quickly to their needs, with particularly strong phonics teaching in the early years. The school is genuinely inclusive, working hard to support vulnerable pupils and celebrate their progress.
Key Strengths
- Strong behaviour and attitudes to learning with respectful, kind relationships between staff and pupils
- Effective early years provision with well-sequenced phonics teaching and high-quality staff-child interactions
- Highly inclusive practice with ambitious leaders determined to improve outcomes for vulnerable pupils
- Effective safeguarding culture where pupils feel safe and concerns are acted upon quickly
- Well-designed personal development programme with residential visits, trips abroad, sporting tournaments and instrumental lessons
Areas for Improvement
- Some inconsistencies in how the curriculum is implemented across subjects, particularly in supporting pupils to build on prior knowledge
- Disadvantaged pupils' progress not yet consistently reflected in published end of Key Stage 2 outcomes
- Attendance information not yet fully reflected in most recent published data, though overall attendance is improving
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified and managed, making pupils safer and helping them feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Residential visits, educational trips abroad, sporting tournaments, instrumental lessons, art clubs, reading café, wraparound care with engaging activities
West Ashtead Primary Academy is meeting expected standards across most areas, with pupils making positive progress through a well-sequenced curriculum. The school has established a nurturing, inclusive culture where pupils feel safe and behaviour is highly positive.
At a Glance
26.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
18 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 86% to 80%. Maths has remained stable at around 80%. Writing has declined from 86% to 73%.
Class Sizes
26.0
Avg class size
25.5
Infant (KS1)
26.2
KS2
8
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
81%
Available places
266 pupils
330 capacity
64 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Ashtead
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Ashtead
Admissions Demand - Surrey
Places available
13,213
Applications
12,004
Got 1st preference
88.4%
Got preferred school
98.3%
Primary admissions across Surrey (2025/26)
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.78311%
Overall absence
15.78947%
Persistent absence
228
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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