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Ashley Infant School

New Forest, BH25 5AAPrimaryAges 4–7MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Mar 2025
KS2 Results
No data
Competition
0.9×
Not oversubscribed
39 1st-choice / 42 places
Ranking
Not ranked

About Ashley Infant School

Ashley Infant School is a state primary for children aged 4 to 7, located in the New Forest area of Hampshire. Within the local authority, it sits among 425 primary schools, where only 33 currently hold an Outstanding rating. The school itself is rated Good, and its nearest Outstanding neighbour is Hordle CofE (VA) Primary School, just 1. 6 kilometres away. Among the top-performing peers in the LA, Preston Candover Church of England Primary School leads the ranking, followed by Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School and St Faith's Church of England Primary School. Ashley Infant School is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, with 73 applications for 42 places and 39 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1. 74. The school has a capacity of 182 and currently enrols 171 pupils, with 27. 5 per cent eligible for free school meals. Headteacher Sarah Dibben leads a mixed-gender school with no religious character.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 7 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressLower Ashley Road, New Milton, New Forest, BH25 5AA
HeadteacherSarah Dibben
Local AuthorityHampshire
Number of Pupils171
Free School Meals (FSM)27.5%
School Capacity171 / 182 (94% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

19 Mar 2025
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Latest monitoring visit (19 Mar 2025): Standards maintained

Source: Ofsted, 27 Apr 2015. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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Resourced Provision
DyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguagePhysicalResourced ProvisionOther

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:45 – 15:15

Source: ashley-inf.hants.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Ashley Infant School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.