Ashdene Primary School

About Ashdene Primary School

Ashdene Primary School in Cheshire East has been rated Outstanding by Ofsted, a significant achievement that places it among the top-performing primary schools in the local authority. The school’s most recent graded inspection in 2019 gave it the highest possible mark across the board, with leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness all judged Outstanding. An ungraded inspection in March 2025 confirmed that these high standards are being maintained. The school’s academic results back up this rating emphatically. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 92% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a local authority average of 64%. That puts Ashdene third out of 113 primary schools in Cheshire East, in the top 5% nationally, and comfortably ahead of the vast majority of its peers.

Diving deeper into the exam data, the picture is one of strong performance across the core subjects. In reading, 94% of pupils met the expected standard and 60% achieved the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 111. Maths was similarly strong, with 97% reaching the expected level and 52% hitting the higher threshold, giving an average score of 110. Writing saw 94% at the expected level and 40% at the higher level. These results are well above the national averages and reflect a school where academic expectations are clearly high. Parent feedback reinforces this: 98% of respondents to the Parent View survey agreed or strongly agreed that the school has high expectations for their child, and 95% said they would recommend the school to other parents. The school’s Progress 8 data is not available, but the raw attainment figures speak for themselves.

Ashdene is a state primary school for mixed genders aged 4 to 11, with 430 pupils on roll against a capacity of 420, so it is operating at full stretch. It is heavily oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 177 applications for 60 places, with 65 first-preference applications and only 57 first-preference offers. Any family considering this school will need to factor in the competition for places. The school offers a broad range of facilities including a sports hall, music rooms, an ICT suite, a library, art studios, and a forest school. Clubs include gardening, drama, coding, choir, chess and book club, and sports on offer are football, athletics, dance and cricket. The school provides support for pupils with moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. With only 2.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the intake is notably less disadvantaged than the national average, and the school is well suited to families who place a premium on strong academic outcomes and a structured, high-expectation environment.

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