Ashley Academy

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

South TynesideLocal Authority

South ShieldsConstituency

NE34 0QAPostcode

3.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Ashley Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in South Tyneside, North East.

It currently serves 396 pupils. Ashley Academy is part of WISE ACADEMIES.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 57%
Higher standard: 4%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

79%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

396

Total Pupils

56%Boys

44%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

39%

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 396
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: WISE ACADEMIES

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
16 Sept 2025	Outstanding	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
5 Dec 2021	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Inadequate

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.