Ashton West End Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Reception last distance offered, 2020–2025 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Ashton West End Primary Academy is a primary school in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 July 2023. Tameside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2011 to 2025 entry.
Ashton West End Primary Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2016 | Not published |
| Reception 2015 | Not published |
| Reception 2013 | Not published |
| Reception 2012 | Not published |
| Reception 2011 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), but 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 61 first-choice applications for 58 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- 43.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 51.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Tameside.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Tameside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- William Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL7 0BJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Tameside
- Pupils on roll
- 432 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy to attend this warm and welcoming school.”
- “Leaders take extra care to support those pupils who join the school with English as an additional language.”
- “For example, skilled staff ensure that these pupils are well supported while their use of English is still developing.”
To improve
- “Nonetheless, some subject curriculums are in the early stages of being rolled out.”
- “Some older pupils have not benefitted from these strengthened curriculums and, over time, have developed gaps in their learning.”
- “These pupils do not learn as well as they should across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 September 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 63% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 61 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 57 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Tameside.
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Stephen's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lyndhurst Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Canon Johnson CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Aldwyn Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ravensfield Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Audenshaw Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published