Primary school

Ash Grove Primary Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Wakefield
  • WF9 2TF
Ofsted Good · inspected May 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 12,675 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 85%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 86%86%2016/17: top 98%2017/18: top 82%2018/19: top 85%2022/23: top 44%44% · 2022/232023/24: top 80%2024/25: top 85%No exams

Against Yorkshire and The HumberArrows: Yorkshire and The Humber rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM48% · Yorkshire and The Humber 64%2/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber
Higher standard, RWM2% · Yorkshire and The Humber 6%2/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber−34.2 pts
Reading score100 · Yorkshire and The Humber 1051/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber−20.2 pts
Maths score101 · Yorkshire and The Humber 104.51/10 Well below Yorkshire and The Humber
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 36% · 42 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 50%2016/17: 25% · 36 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 60%2017/18: 52% · 31 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 65%2018/19: 50% · 44 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 66%2022/23: 64% · 33 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 60%2023/24: 49% · 43 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 62%2024/25: 48% · 46 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 64%64%25%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 42 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 3%2016/17: 0% · 36 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 7%2017/18: 3% · 31 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 7%2018/19: 9% · 44 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 8%2022/23: 0% · 33 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 6%2023/24: 5% · 43 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 6%2024/25: 2% · 46 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 6%9%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 98 · 42 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1022016/17: 99 · 36 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1032017/18: 102 · 31 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1052018/19: 102 · 44 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042022/23: 104 · 33 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1052023/24: 101 · 43 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1052024/25: 100 · 46 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 10510498No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 99 · 42 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1032016/17: 96 · 36 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042017/18: 100 · 31 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042018/19: 102 · 44 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1052022/23: 105 · 33 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042023/24: 101 · 43 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 1042024/25: 101 · 46 pupils · Yorkshire and The Humber 104.510596No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
22 of 22 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2222
2nd91
3rd80

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2012Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2014Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Inadequateas predecessor
  6. 2023Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026265
Free school meals (past 6 years)35.0%
First language not English16.0%
SEN support11.4%
EHC plan5.0%
Absence (sessions missed)7.3%
Persistently absent pupils22.0%

Girls 50.5%Boys 49.5%

80.1% full · 331 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher24.4
Pupils per adult10.8
  • Classroom teachers 8.6
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 12.4
  • Other support 5.4

Teachers 10.6 FTE · Whole workforce 28.4 · 44 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£6,946
Spend per pupil£6,395
Staff spend per pupil£5,174
Reserve per pupil£380
  • +£105,000revenue reserve
  • +£152,000in-year balance

Grants £6,819 · self-generated £156 · premises £384 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: INSPIRE PARTNERSHIP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (9 academies) · trust reserve £1,670,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it