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Ash Trees Academy

Special schoolAges 3–11Academy

Billingham, TS23 2BU · Stockton-on-Tees local authority

Billingham’s School Grade C better than 32% of towns in England

How full
189 pupils
100% of its 189 places
Free school meals
47%
47 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Ash Trees Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 47% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, December 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (TS23 2) sold for a median £120,875; Billingham’s is £145,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

183 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0.6%England 15.3%
EHC plan
99.5%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
43.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 28%Boys 72%
Its letter

No letter for Ash Trees Academy

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, December 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Ash Trees Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in TS23 2, the school’s postcode sector

Billingham property prices →
£120,875
median sale, 250 sales in 36 months · Billingham £145,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£50K£100K£150K£200K2010201520202025TS23 2Billingham
TS23 2Billingham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£206K
Semi-detached
£125K
Terraced
£113K
TS23 2Billingham

Homes in TS23 2 sell for well under Billingham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

14 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC−B−B−DCBDBBCBA+BC−Ash Trees Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Billingham, TS23 2BU

Ash Trees Academy: common questions

What is Ash Trees Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (December 2022).

How much do houses cost near Ash Trees Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, TS23 2, sold for a median £120,875 over the 36 months to August 2026 (250 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Billingham’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.