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Ashley Academy

Temple Park Road, South Shields, NE34 0QA

Local ranking33rd of 45 primary schools in South Tyneside
Ofsted: Outstanding

Primary

Phase

420

Capacity

3-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

School history and successor

Continues from Ashley Primary School (URN 108685) since 31 August 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 24 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Safeguarding standards Met
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership & management
Outstanding
Early years
Outstanding

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25
Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
45.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
7.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected)
62.0%
Writing (Expected)
77.0%
Maths (Expected)
55.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
45.0%
Reading avg scaled score
102.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score
100.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score
100.0
Cohort Size
60

Pupil Demographics

2024-25
Total Pupils
406
Boys
231 (57%)
Girls
175 (43%)
Capacity
420 (97% full)
SEND
22.7%
FSM Eligible
43.3%
EAL
10.1%
SEN with EHC Plan
1.7%
SEN Support
20.9%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio
22.5:1
Teachers (FTE)
17.5
Budget per Pupil
£6,807/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25
Overall Absence Rate
5.6% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence
14.7% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
Religious Character
Does not apply
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Boarders
No boarders

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25
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  • White British: 80.0%
  • Other: 5.2%
  • Mixed Other: 4.7%
  • Black African: 4.7%
  • White Other: 1.5%
  • Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
  • Asian Other: 0.7%
  • Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%

80.0%

White British

5.2%

Other

4.7%

Mixed Other

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

01914564977
ashley@wiseacademies.co.uk
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Temple Park Road

South Shields, North East

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Administrative

URN
149321
UKPRN
10091141
Establishment No.
2004
Trust
WISE ACADEMIES

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