Ashcroft Infants' School

Community school·Infant school Tamworth, Staffordshire·B79 8RU

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Ashcroft Infants' School is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

41 first choices, 49 places

First choices per place

0.84

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 49 places

Last place offered lived

3.21 mi

straight line, 2026 intake · 5174 m

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0020221.0020231.0220240.9820250.842026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 03/02/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Expected standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Inclusion

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards

Met

Early years

Expected standard

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 119
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

8.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

2.5%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

10.1%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.4%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

7.1%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

17.2

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,728

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Flax Hill Junior Academy Tamworth · 0.3 mi 53.4 St Leonard's CofE (A) Primary School Tamworth · 0.7 mi 55.8 St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School Tamworth · 0.7 mi 29.9 Moorgate Primary Academy Tamworth · 0.8 mi 59.4 Coton Green Primary School Tamworth · 1.0 mi 48.2 Ankermoor Primary Academy Tamworth · 1.0 mi 52.6 William MacGregor Primary School Tamworth · 1.3 mi 40.7 The Woodlands Community Primary School Tamworth · 1.4 mi 48.1

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Ashcroft Infants' School is a primary school serving Tamworth, Staffordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 119 pupils aged 3 to 7 on roll. Ofsted rated the school 'Good' in February 2026.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Ashcroft Infants' School their first choice was offered one of its 49 Reception places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 3.21 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.