Ashby Hill Top Primary School

About Ashby Hill Top Primary School

Parents considering Ashby Hill Top Primary School will be reassured by the strong vote of confidence from local families. The school is significantly oversubscribed, with 177 applications for just 45 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.93. Of those applicants, 62 put it as their first preference, and all 45 places went to first-preference families. This level of demand suggests a school that has built a solid reputation in North West Leicestershire. The school is led by headteacher Sylvie Newman and is a mixed, state primary for children aged 5 to 11. It has no religious character and does not offer nursery provision or a sixth form. With 313 pupils on roll against a capacity of 315, it is running very close to full, which further underlines its popularity among local parents.

Academically, Ashby Hill Top received an Outstanding rating across all areas in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This is a clean sweep of top grades. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 56% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. While this is below the Leicestershire local authority average of 62%, the school’s reading and maths scores tell a more nuanced story: 84% of pupils met the expected standard in reading and 82% in maths, with average scaled scores of 108 and 106 respectively. A higher proportion of pupils achieved the higher standard in reading (36%) than in maths (27%), though only 2% reached the higher threshold in writing. The school ranks 146th out of 231 primary schools in the local authority, placing it in the bottom half regionally.

The school offers a practical range of facilities including a dining hall, sensory room, gymnasium, sports hall, music rooms, playing fields and a chapel. Sports provision covers football, netball, swimming, gymnastics, rounders and tennis, while clubs include science club, coding, choir, film club, art club and gardening. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. This breadth of support, combined with the school’s strong Ofsted record and high local demand, makes Ashby Hill Top a particularly attractive option for families who prioritise a well-supported, inclusive environment and are comfortable with a school that is academically solid but not the highest-performing in the area on combined SATs measures.

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