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Ashley Academy

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Denise Todd

corporate_fareWISE ACADEMIES

location_onSouth Shields, NE34 0QA

language Visit Website phone 1914564977

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Ofsted

Inadequate

Inspected 2025

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Students

422

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Expected Standard

45%

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Demand Ratio

1.0x

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Ashley Academy is a Academy sponsor led primary school in South Shields, serving ages 3-11. Currently rated Inadequate by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 87% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Ashley Academy is an academy sponsor led in South Shields, South Tyneside, admitting pupils aged 3-11. It is part of WISE ACADEMIES. The school has approximately 406 pupils on roll, of whom 43% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 45% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 7% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #34 of 38 primaries in South Tyneside and #12,107 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2025. The school's current overall rating is Inadequate. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Good, behaviour and attitudes Outstanding, personal development Outstanding, and leadership and management Outstanding.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 1.0× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 22.2:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.5 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

45%

LA 60%

Reading62% LA 71%

Writing77% LA 71%

Maths55% LA 71%

Read SS

102

Maths SS

100

GPS SS

100

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

57%

LA 59%England 61%

Reading72% LA 72% · Eng 74%

Writing70% LA 70% · Eng 72%

Maths70% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

103

GPS SS

105

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

44%

LA 61%England 60%

Reading68% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing59% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths53% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

101

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.1

Read

LA -0.5

-2.7 to 0.6

-2.6

Write

LA -0.3

-4.2 to -1.1

-2.8

Maths

LA -0.9

-4.4 to -1.3

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

24 June 2025

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2025-06-24

Academy First Section 5 EIF

Not Judged

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Why no overall grade?

From autumn 2024, Ofsted stopped issuing a single headline grade (Outstanding / Good / RI / Inadequate). Instead, each inspection area is graded individually. This follows a major review after the death of headteacher Ruth Perry in 2023. The overall effectiveness field is left as "Not judged" in the published data.

Education

Good

Behaviour

Outstanding

Development

Outstanding

Leadership

Outstanding

2021-10-05

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 EIF

Inadequate

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Inadequate

2018-02-06

None EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

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verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 406 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	406	0	0.0%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	390	4	1.0%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	422	1	0.2%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	407	2	0.5%	0.7%	1
2023/24 (Autumn term)	398	3	0.8%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	430	3	0.7%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	422	1	0.2%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	414	1	0.2%	0.6%	1

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 34 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 23 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 12 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 11 pupils

Physical Disability 4 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 3 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 2 pupils

Hearing Impairment 2 pupils

Visual Impairment 1 pupils