Ashford, St Mary's Church of England Primary School | Primary in Ashford | Ofsted & DfE | Sipuha

Ashford, St Mary's Church of England Primary School

Primary

Ashford · Ashford · TN23 1ND www.st-marys-ashford.kent.sch.uk/

Pupils
418
cap. 420
Ages
4 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Maintained school

The latest DfE performance data shown is from 2024/25.

Ofsted

Ofsted report

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Latest Ofsted report
23 Apr 2025
School inspection

Other Ofsted reports

8 reports
28 Jan 2020
School inspection
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23 Jun 2016
Full inspectionGood
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16 Jul 2014
Monitoring visit
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This history covers the current school only. Reports for predecessor schools are not included.

Admissions

Can I get my child into this school?

This school is in Ashford. You apply through the education LA where you live, even if that is a different council.

Results vs local authority and England

This school's latest published figures, once. Local authority and England averages when we have them.

RWM expected
56%
-2pp
LA
63%
England
63%
65%61%56%
'17'18'19'23'24'25
RWM higher
2%
0pp
LA
10%
England
8%
12%7%2%
'17'18'19'23'24'25

Parent View

as at 2020-04-06
Overall happy
95%
Would recommend
89%
Responses
62
All questions13
  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Neither
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree
  • Don't know
  • Yes
  • No

Q1. My child is happy at this school

95%

Q2. My child feels safe at this school

97%

Q3. The school makes sure its pupils are well behaved

85%

Q4. My child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying effectively

15%

Q5. The school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year

92%

Q6. When I have raised concerns with the school they have been dealt with properly

57%

Q8. The school has high expectations for my child

87%

Q9. My child does well at this school

92%

Q10. The school lets me know how my child is doing

85%

Q11. There is a good range of subjects available to my child at this school

92%

Q12. My child can take part in clubs and activities at this school

80%

Q13. The school supports my child's wider personal development

78%

Q14. I would recommend this school to another parent

89%

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
82%
Reading higher standard
28%
Writing expected standard
72%
Writing higher standard
2%
Maths expected standard
72%
Maths higher standard
18%
Science expected standard
82%
SPAG expected standard
65%
LA AVG 70%
SPAG higher standard
12%
LA AVG 25%
Reading scaled score
104.0
LA AVG 105.82
Maths scaled score
104.0
LA AVG 104.18
GPS scaled score
103.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll
417
cap. 420
420418415
'17'18'19'21'22'23'24'25
Pupil : teacher ratio
23.0
LA AVG 20.68:1
23.121.620.0
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EAL
29%
LA AVG 13.81%
29%22%15%
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FSM eligible
28%
LA AVG 27.09%
31%27%23%
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SEN
13%
LA AVG 17.42%
13%10%7%
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Overall absence
5%
LA
6%
England
5%
8%6%4%
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Persistent absence
14%
LA
15%
England
13%
22%14%6%
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Overview

AddressWestern Avenue, Ashford, TN23 1ND
Telephone01233625531
Local authorityKent
PhasePrimary
School typeMaintained school
Pupil : teacher ratio23.0:1
Religious characterChurch of England
Finance£6250 spend / pupil£6170 income / pupil2024-25 · CFRView on FBIT

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

YearRWM expectedRWM higherReading prog.Writing prog.Maths prog.Cohort
2024/2556%2%417
2023/2458%2%418
2022/2365%2%+0.60-1.30+1.20420
2018/1960%12%-0.20+1.30+0.70419
2017/1864%12%-1.50-0.80-2.20415
2016/1761%10%+0.30+0.80-0.40417
More fields
YearReading exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreSEN
2024/2582%28%72%2%72%18%82%65%104.0104.0103.013%
2023/2475%36%64%2%71%15%69%59%106.0103.0103.012%
2022/2372%38%72%3%78%30%80%72%106.0105.0104.011%
2018/1967%18%82%17%78%28%97%70%103.0104.0104.011%
2017/1873%27%80%20%68%20%81%68%104.0103.0105.08%
2016/1768%31%78%20%78%19%90%80%104.0103.0105.07%

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/2541723.013%29%28%5%14%
2023/2441820.012%27%28%6%17%
2022/2342021.611%25%25%8%22%
2021/2241721.17%22%31%7%20%
2020/2141921.79%20%29%
2018/1941922.911%16%24%4%10%
2017/1841523.18%15%23%4%10%
2016/1741720.97%14%23%4%6%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.