Ashley Down Primary School

What Ashley Down Primary School does

Ashley Down Primary School is a UK state-maintained primary school located in Bristol, England, serving children from Reception through Year 6 (ages 4-11). The institution is led by Headteacher Mrs A Sood and Deputy Headteacher Miss J Robinson and operates under the standard UK primary education framework regulated by the Department for Education and inspected by Ofsted. Funding flows primarily through local authority per-pupil allocations, supplemented by statutory Universal Infant Free School Meals provision for Reception, Year 1, and Year 2 pupils.

The school's core offering is the national primary curriculum, augmented by sports coaching partnerships with Bristol Rovers, Gloucestershire Cricket Board, and Bristol Sport. Wraparound childcare services — a Breakfast Club priced at £6.50 per session and an After School Club at £12.00 per session — extend service hours and generate ancillary fee-based revenue. The Parent Staff Association (PSA) conducts joint community fundraising activities with Brunel Field Primary School, evidencing a cross-school engagement model.

Digital infrastructure is limited to a website built on the Greenhouse School Websites platform, used for parent communications and information dissemination. The school does not operate as a commercial entity; there is no disclosed pricing for tuition (which is free at point of delivery under state funding), no product pipeline, and no scalable technology platform beyond the website CMS. The reported 16 employees likely represents a partial leadership and administrative count rather than total staff, given typical UK primary school staffing ratios for the age range served.

Name

Ashley Down Primary School

Legal name

Ashley Down Primary School

Website

https://ashleydownschool.org.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ashley Down Primary School is a UK state-maintained primary school in Bristol, England, serving Reception through Year 6 pupils (ages 4-11) with a standard national curriculum, sports coaching partnerships, and fee-based wraparound childcare services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Primary education
• Primary school curriculum
• Wraparound childcare
• Early years foundation
• State school education

Headquarters

HQ city

Bristol

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ashley Down Primary School is a state-maintained community primary school in Bristol, UK, delivering full-time primary education for children aged 4–11 across Reception through Year 6. It provides a broad curriculum including English, Maths, Science, PE, Computing, Classics (Latin), History, Geography, DT, Music, Art, RE, PSHE, Life Learning, Phonics, and Singing, alongside wraparound childcare (Breakfast Club and After School Club) and universal free school meals for Reception through Year 2.

Product overview

Ashley Down Primary School is a primary educational institution offering Reception through Year 6 education programmes. The school provides a comprehensive curriculum including English, Reading, Phonics, Maths, Science, PE, Computing, Classics, History, Geography, DT, Music, Art, RE, PSHE, Life Learning, EYFS, Spelling, and Singing. The school also offers wraparound childcare through the Ashley Down After School Club and Breakfast Club services. The school's website is built on the Greenhouse School Websites platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary Education (Reception to Year 6)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Brunel Field Primary SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2026Joint PSA Fireworks Display partnership between Ashley Down Primary School and Brunel Field Primary School. The joint event raised £7,004.28 shared between both schools, with funds presented at Gloucestershire County Cricket Ground in February 2026.
• Bristol RoverscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school has close links with Bristol Rovers for sports coaching. Children are exposed to high quality sports coaching through this partnership as part of the PE curriculum and extra-curricular activities.
• Gloucestershire Cricket BoardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school maintains close links with the Gloucestershire Cricket Board for sports coaching provision. This partnership provides high quality cricket coaching to children across all year groups as part of the school's commitment to physical education and healthy active lives.
• Bristol SportcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school has close links with Bristol Sport for sports coaching. This partnership supports the school's PE curriculum and provides children with opportunities for competition and healthy, active lives.
• Gloucestershire County Cricket GroundminorOthersGloucestershire County Cricket Ground hosted the cheque presentation for the joint fireworks display funds raised by Ashley Down Primary School and Brunel Field Primary School PSAs. The event featured mascot Alfie for the children.

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Harris Federation: Large London-origin Multi-Academy Trust now operating primary and secondary academies across England. Directly comparable on the K–6 product and state-funded delivery model, with significantly greater scale and geographic footprint.
• Ormiston Academies Trust: UK Multi-Academy Trust operating a portfolio of primary and secondary academies. Comparable on the state-funded primary-education product and target market (UK families), though with multi-site reach that Ashley Down lacks.
• Nord Anglia Education: Global premium schools group operating primary and secondary schools worldwide. Comparable on the K–6 product and curriculum-brand differentiation (e.g., unique academic offerings), but operates a fee-paying international model rather than UK state-funded delivery.
• GEMS Education: World's largest K–12 operator, running primary and secondary schools globally. Comparable on the primary-education product, but via a fee-paying international model that contrasts with Ashley Down's state-funded community model.
• E-ACT: One of the largest UK Multi-Academy Trusts, operating a network of primary and secondary academies. Comparable to Ashley Down on the primary-education product dimension, though funded via the academy route rather than local-authority community-school status.
• Academies Enterprise Trust (AET): Large UK Multi-Academy Trust running primary and secondary academies nationwide. Operates the same core K–6 product as Ashley Down but at significantly greater scale and via the academy funding model.
• Cognita: International schools group operating primary and secondary schools across multiple countries. Comparable on K–6 product and enrichment-led positioning (sports partnerships, broad curriculum), but on a fee-paying international basis.
• United Learning: Large UK not-for-profit schools group operating primary, secondary and all-through state-funded schools. Directly comparable on the core dimension of running state-funded primary provision across multiple sites, but at materially greater scale than Ashley Down's single-site model.

Others

• Twinkl: UK-based digital educational resources publisher serving primary schools and parents. Adjacent rather than competing — targets the same UK primary-school customer base as Ashley Down — but as a supplier of teaching resources and home-learning content rather than a school operator.

Direct peers

• Brunel Field Primary School: Bristol-based state primary school that is the most direct local peer — Ashley Down and Brunel Field already cooperate operationally through a joint PSA Fireworks Display partnership, suggesting closely matched catchment, size, and parent demographics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ashley-down-primary-school

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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