Ashchurch's schools are good, and the primary years are especially easy. Almost nine in ten graded schools across the county are rated good or better. The village primary carries the village's name. It's a short walk for most children. Secondary is where the driving starts.
Gloucestershire County Council's area has 136 schools rated good or better out of 156 that Ofsted has graded, which is close to nine in ten. Nine are outstanding, 19 require improvement and one is inadequate. Another 95 settings across the county have no published grade yet, so they sit outside those counts. The figures describe the whole of Gloucestershire, so they set the standard in the area without saying anything about a particular classroom.
Ashchurch Primary School is the obvious starting point, and the Department for Transport's 2019 model put the nearest primary about five minutes' walk away on average. Places are handed out under Gloucestershire's published admissions rules, so living within sight of the gates helps without guaranteeing a seat. Nearby, Northway Infant School and Carrant Brook Junior School split the primary years between them, so some families do two drop-offs before they've had a coffee. Tirlebrook Primary School and Mitton Manor Primary School are among the other options within reach.
For secondary, Tewkesbury Academy is the only secondary school on the area's list. The same 2019 model put the nearest secondary about 11 minutes away by car, 28 by public transport and 35 on foot. With the village's bus stops showing almost no regular weekday service, those 28 minutes describe a timetable that is mostly theory. In practice, Ashchurch parents become the school bus. Families who are counting on that school should read Gloucestershire's admissions criteria for Tewkesbury Academy before they pick a street, because it's the place the whole area is aiming for.
The schools are one of Ashchurch's real strengths. The primary is on the doorstep and the county's grades are high, and the only hard part is the drive at age eleven.