Ash Hill Primary School

About Ash Hill Primary School

Ash Hill Primary School is a primary school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 217 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted (December 2025). 43% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 2.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Ash Hill Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 30 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 20.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 45% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Ash Hill Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.