Ashleigh Primary School and Nursery, Wymondham

About Ashleigh Primary School and Nursery, Wymondham

Ashleigh Primary School and Nursery in Wymondham holds an Ofsted Outstanding rating, confirmed by an ungraded inspection in June 2024 that found the school continues to meet that standard. The school’s most recent graded inspection, in 2018, awarded Outstanding across the board — for overall effectiveness, leadership and management, and early years provision — a significant upgrade from its previous Good rating in 2011. But the strongest evidence of academic strength lies in its Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 school year. An impressive 89% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, well above the national average. That figure places Ashleigh third out of 54 primary schools in South Norfolk, and in the top five per cent nationally. The school also excels at stretching its pupils: 30% achieved the higher standard in all three subjects, while 56% hit the higher bar in maths and 52% in reading.

Exam results at Ashleigh are consistently strong across individual subjects. In maths, 97% of pupils met the expected standard and the average scaled score was 110. Reading and writing both saw 92% of pupils reach the expected level, with average reading scores also at 110. Progress scores are not available in the data, but the attainment figures alone tell a clear story. Compared with the Norfolk local authority average for Key Stage 2 combined expected standard — which sits at 52% — Ashleigh’s 89% is a significant outlier. The school ranks fourth in the entire local authority among primary schools of its type, and sits alongside top performers like Ditchingham Church of England Primary Academy and Surlingham Primary School. For parents focused on academic outcomes, this is a school that delivers well above the norm.

Beyond the classroom, Ashleigh offers a broad range of facilities including music rooms, art studios, a library, a forest school area, an ICT suite, a gymnasium and a chapel. Sports provision includes swimming, gymnastics, dance, cricket and rounders, while clubs range from coding and drama to eco club and film club. The school has a nursery on site and caters for children from age four to eleven. It is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 151 applications for 59 places, with 54 first-preference offers made — a ratio of 2.56 applicants per place. The school also has a strong SEND framework, with provisions for autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language communication needs, social and emotional mental health difficulties, dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, hearing impairment and multi-sensory impairment. This is a high-performing, popular school that suits families who prioritise strong academic outcomes and want a wide choice of enrichment activities.

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