Ashwood Spencer Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Derby
Ashwood Spencer Academy is a primary school in Derby for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 February 2023. Derby has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Amber Street, Allenton, Derby, DE24 8FT
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Derby
- Pupils on roll
- 659 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 60.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 February 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have high aspirations for all pupils to ‘Dream’.”
- “Pupils live up to these expectations.”
- “They are determined, resilient, expressive and ambitious.”
To improve
- “The exception was in outcomes for pupils at the end of key stage 2 last year.”
- “These systems are less well developed in some other subjects.”
- “The checks that teachers make on the precise knowledge pupils have learned do not always inform pupils’ new learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 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) | 62% | 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, 61 offers in total, 61 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2024 to 2026, as Derby published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Derby.
- Pear Tree Community Junior School 0.7 mi Good
- Pear Tree Infant School 0.7 mi Good
- Allenton Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lakeside Primary Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Zaytouna Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Landau Forte Academy Moorhead 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Village Primary Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Arboretum Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published