Ashperton, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 2SE
10 reasons to choose Ashperton Primary Academy
Top line
Ashperton Primary Academy has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Ledbury and one of the 2 best independent or state primaries within 10 miles.
School fundamentals
Ashperton Primary Academy is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 5 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. It is a Single Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection.
Average class size
Ashperton Primary Academy has one class per year, and an average class size of 29 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Ashperton Primary Academy ranks in the top 18% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 23% of schools.
The Ashperton Primary Academy curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Ashperton Primary Academy
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. School Games Mark Gold Award.
The Arts at Ashperton Primary Academy
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 5.30pm.
Find another school near Ashperton Primary Academy
The Elms School, Malvern (9.3 miles); The Downs Malvern (10.5 miles); Hereford Cathedral Junior School (10.9 miles).
Pencombe Church of England School (10.2 miles); Redmarley Church of England Primary Academy (10.3 miles); Somers Park School (11.7 miles).
Hereford Cathedral School (10.9 miles); Malvern College (11.6 miles); Malvern St James (12.5 miles).
St Mary’s RC High School (9 miles); Hereford Sixth Form College (10.4 miles); John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy (12.6 miles).