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Ashbourne College[1]

Independent · ages 13–21

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Headline results

A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
3.1 2025/26[3]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
5.6% 2025/26[3]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
4% 2025/26[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]

IGCSEs don't count towards Attainment 8, so it understates many independent schools.

Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 4.3[5] 9.7%[5]
2023/24 26.8[6] 38.9%[6]
2022/23 31.3[7] 59%[7]
2021/22 32.2[8] 67%[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[2]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
31.6% 2024/25[2]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B[10] 24.8%[10]
2022/23 B+[11] 36.6%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 27.4%[12]
2018/19 B[13] 27.1%[13]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
77.6% 2023/24[14]
UK higher education
62.9% 2023/24[14]
Education
70.7% 2023/24[14]
Apprenticeship
0.9% 2023/24[14]
Employment
6% 2023/24[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2022/23 74.2%[14] 55.9%[14] 69.9%[14] 0%[14] 4.3%[14]
2021/22 70.6%[14] 52.9%[14] 66.7%[14] 0%[14] 3.9%[14]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

For independent schools the DfE publishes destinations after 16–18 study only: no destinations after GCSEs and no university progression figures (top third, Russell Group, Oxbridge).

Ofsted

Inspected by
Ofsted[15]
Latest inspection
19 Nov 2024[16]
Type
Independent School standard inspection[16]
Report published
30 Jan 2025[16]
Personal development
Outstanding[16]
Quality of education
Outstanding[16]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[16]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[16]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[16]
Independent school standards
All standards Met[16]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[16]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[16]

Ofsted inspects this independent school against the Independent School Standards; "Independent school standards" says whether it met all of them at its latest standard inspection.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Other independent school[1]
Ages
13–21[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
300[1]
Local authority
Kensington and Chelsea[1]
Website
https://www.ashbournecollege.co.uk/[1]
Nursery classes
No Nursery Classes[15]
Special classes
No Special Classes[15]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[15]
District
Kensington and Chelsea[17]
Postcode
W8 4PL[1]
URN
100537[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
243 2024/25[18]
SEN support
25.5% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
0% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[18]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: 16-18 destination measures: 16-19 study leavers institution level destinations. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Ofsted: Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2026-07-31, provisional. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.