Ashfield Junior School
Primary schoolAshfield Junior School is a primary school in Cumberland, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 254 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), July 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 2 July 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 62% of pupils at Ashfield Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 56% in Cumberland and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Cumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 56% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 103 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Ashfield Infant & Nursery SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met160 m
- Workington AcademySecondary. Good (overall), March 2022. Attainment 8 of 40.9 (2025/26, provisional)390 m
- St Josephs Catholic High School, WorkingtonSecondary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 36.8 (2025/26, provisional)430 m
- Victoria Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade1.1 km
- Victoria Junior SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 29% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2024. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Cumberland
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).