Ashford Hill Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Thatcham, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Hampshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ashford Hill Primary School is a primary school in Thatcham, Hampshire for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Ashford Hill Primary School 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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 4 of the 7 earlier years, and the last distance swung most between 2021 and 2022.
- Reception 2026 drew 18 first-choice applications for 19 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 87% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 27% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 16.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hampshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ashford Hill Road, Ashford Hill, Thatcham, RG19 8BB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 130 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 25 November 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive in this welcoming and nurturing school.”
- “They benefit from being part of a small, close‑knit and harmonious community where staff know them very well.”
- “Pupils rise to meet leaders’ high expectations of their behaviour and academic progress.”
To improve
- “However, there are some inconsistencies in how well the curriculum is taught in a few subjects other than English and mathematics.”
- “However, pupils do not develop detailed knowledge and understanding in a few subjects in the wider curriculum.”
- “However, in a few subjects in the wider curriculum, teaching does not build on what pupils have learned previously as well as it could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2026 (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) | 87% | 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: 18 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 18 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 Hampshire.
- Burnham Copse Primary School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingsclere Church of England Primary School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bishopswood Infant School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bishopswood Junior School 2.8 mi School remains Good
- Tadley Community Primary School 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ecchinswell and Sydmonton Church of England Primary School 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The Priory Primary School 4.1 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Silchester Church of England Primary School 4.5 mi Not judged Last distance published