The Ashbeach Primary School

About The Ashbeach Primary School

The Ashbeach Primary School is a state primary in Huntingdonshire, within the Cambridgeshire local authority, serving 134 pupils aged 4 to 11. It ranks 31st out of 55 primary schools in the Huntingdonshire area on the key stage two expected standard measure, placing it in the bottom half of local schools. The top-performing peers in the same local authority include Histon and Impington Brook Primary School, Caldecote Primary School, and Abbots Ripton CofE Primary School, all of which score higher on the same ranking metric. Across the wider Cambridgeshire authority, Ashbeach ranks 118th out of 210 primary schools. The school is led by headteacher Danielle Smith and has a non-religious character. It is a relatively small school, operating at near-full capacity with 134 pupils against a capacity of 141, and a notable 29.1 per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals.

In its most recent Ofsted inspection in February 2024, Ashbeach was rated Good overall, with Good ratings across all five graded categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This represents a consistent performance compared with its previous inspection in 2014, which also awarded a Good overall. At key stage two in the 2023/24 academic year, 55 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, slightly below the Cambridgeshire local authority average of 58 per cent. In individual subjects, 74 per cent met the expected standard in reading, 65 per cent in maths, and 64 per cent in writing. Higher-standard attainment was modest: 17 per cent in maths and 13 per cent in reading, with none in writing. Average scaled scores were 104 in reading and 103 in maths, both close to the national average of 100.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a sports hall, playing fields, library, forest school, outdoor playground, ICT suite, gymnasium, music rooms, and a chapel. Sports provision covers football, tennis, rounders, and cricket, while extracurricular clubs include gardening, science club, film club, choir, and eco club. Ashbeach has a strong SEND offer, with provisions for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder, and other difficulties. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed: it received 32 total applications for 20 places, with 23 first-preference applications and 20 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.6. This is a school that suits families seeking a small, community-focused primary with good SEND support and a forest school, but it is competitive to get into.

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