Ashfield Comprehensive School
About the school
Ashfield Comprehensive School is an open secondary school in Nottinghamshire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 27 January 2026
- Published
- 25 March 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 47.8
- Nottinghamshire
- 46.8
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Nottinghamshire
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 44.30%
- Nottinghamshire
- 46.90%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 69.40%
- Nottinghamshire
- 67.70%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 50.10%
- Nottinghamshire
- 39.40%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.28
- Nottinghamshire
- 4.15
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- B-
Average A-level points
- School
- 36.21
AAB or better
- School
- 19.60%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
2584
Girls
52.59%
Boys
47.41%
SEN support
10.68%
Education, health and care plan
1.01%
English as an additional language
6.20%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
28.47%
Overall absence
7.5
Persistent absence
18.83
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
400
Sustained education or employment
89%
Education
80%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
4%
Not sustained
7%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
313
Sustained education or employment
90%
Higher education
35%
Further education
2%
Apprenticeship
9%
Employment
38%