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Ashfield Infant & Nursery School

  • 3–7Ages
  • 200Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 112146URN

Newlands Lane, Workington, CA14 3JG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.4 above Cumberland median (1.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Cumberland

108 applications for 52 places · 14th of 63 in Cumberland
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 30 June 2026Published 8 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 30 June 2026
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
  2. 13 June 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.1applications per place, Reception
0.4 above Cumberland median (1.7) close to England median (2.2)

108 applications · 52 places offered · 52 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Cumberland median median 1.7
  2. 2025 2.2; Cumberland median median 1.7
  3. 2024 1.9; Cumberland median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.8; Cumberland median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.8; Cumberland median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.9; Cumberland median median 1.6
  7. 2020 2.0; Cumberland median median 1.7
  8. 2019 2.1; Cumberland median median 1.7
  9. 2018 2.0; Cumberland median median 1.9
  10. 2017 2.0; Cumberland median median 1.8
  11. 2016 2.1; Cumberland median median 2.0
  12. 2015 2.2; Cumberland median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.3; Cumberland median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Cumberland median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Cumberland median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026521082.1521.00
Sep 2025511102.2490.96
Sep 2024551021.9551.00
Sep 2023561021.8561.00
Sep 2022601051.8621.03
Sep 2021591121.9681.15
Sep 2020591182.0791.34
Sep 2019591262.1591.00
Sep 2018541102.0541.00
Sep 2017501022.0490.98
Sep 2016541112.1541.00
Sep 2015591322.2651.10
Sep 2014451042.3430.96

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
112146 · 942/2147
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
201 pupils · 200 on roll
Free school meals
11.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Newlands Lane, Workington, CA14 3JG
Local authority
Cumberland

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources