Ash Field Academy

State-Funded School

ash-field-academy-leicester-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

LeicesterLocal Authority

Leicester SouthConstituency

LE5 4PYPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Ash Field Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in Leicester, East Midlands.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 162 pupils. Ash Field Academy is part of DISCOVERY SCHOOLS ACADEMIES TRUST LTD.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

36%

Asian

42%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Pupils

162

Total Pupils

56%Boys

44%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

44%

England average

27%

First language not English

48%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 162
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: DISCOVERY SCHOOLS ACADEMIES TRUST LTD

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 3 July 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
2 Sept 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.