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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 12 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 20 April 2016Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry88 applications · 55 places offered · 54 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.6; Doncaster median median 1.6
- 2025 1.6; Doncaster median median 1.6
- 2024 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2023 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2022 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2021 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2020 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2019 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2018 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2017 1.5; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2016 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.5
- 2015 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2014 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.5
- This school
- Doncaster 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 55 | 88 | 1.6 | 54 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 46 | 73 | 1.6 | 46 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 71 | 1.2 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 51 | 65 | 1.3 | 46 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 | 53 | 71 | 1.3 | 53 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 38 | 45 | 1.2 | 38 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 53 | 64 | 1.2 | 53 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 51 | 62 | 1.2 | 47 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2018 | 45 | 64 | 1.4 | 43 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 35 | 54 | 1.5 | 35 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 44 | 59 | 1.3 | 42 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 76 | 1.3 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 | 57 | 80 | 1.4 | 46 | 0.81 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 84% · Writing 86% · Maths 80% → all three 72% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Doncaster median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 72% | 4% | 106 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 0% | 106 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 57% | 11% | 103 | 106 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Armthorpe Shaw Wood AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · DoncasterStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · DoncasterStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Doncaster20261.7applications per place 93%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · DoncasterGood20241.9applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · DoncasterRemains Good20222.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · DoncasterGood20241.5applications per place
- 1.9 km · Doncaster202673%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · DoncasterGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 138705 · 371/3325
- Trust
- Armthorpe Shaw Wood Academy Limited
- Capacity
- 500 pupils · 462 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- Shaw Wood Primary School (URN 134363)
- Address
- Mere Lane, Armthorpe, Doncaster, DN3 2DG
- Local authority
- Doncaster
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources