Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Doncaster
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 29 March 2023Graded inspection: Good
- 4 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry135 applications · 53 places offered · 49 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Doncaster median median 1.6
- 2025 2.4; Doncaster median median 1.6
- 2024 2.3; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2023 2.0; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2022 2.2; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2021 1.9; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2020 2.0; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2019 2.1; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2018 2.0; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2017 2.3; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2016 2.0; Doncaster median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Doncaster median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 2.4; Doncaster median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Doncaster median
Dashed bars: as Bessacarr Primary School (URN 106739), the previous school.
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 | 53 | 135 | 2.6 | 49 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 142 | 2.4 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 135 | 2.3 | 73 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 121 | 2.0 | 74 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 132 | 2.2 | 85 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 116 | 1.9 | 71 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2020 | 61 | 124 | 2.0 | 78 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 127 | 2.1 | 76 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 121 | 2.0 | 83 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 137 | 2.3 | 78 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 117 | 2.0 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 119 | 2.0 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 * | 53 | 125 | 2.4 | 53 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 81% · Writing 84% · Maths 84% → all three 75% 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 | 75% | 11% | 107 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 8% | 106 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 73% | 8% | 106 | 105 |
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
- Bessacarr PrimaryThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.6applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · DoncasterGood20222.1applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · DoncasterGood20241.5applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · DoncasterStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · DoncasterGood20241.6applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · DoncasterGood20221.5applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · Doncaster20262.4applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · DoncasterGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · Doncaster20261.6applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144412 · 371/2177
- Capacity
- 472 pupils · 462 on roll
- Free school meals
- 4.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2017
- Replaced
- Bessacarr Primary School (URN 106739)
- Address
- Ellers Avenue, Bessacarr, Doncaster, DN4 7DT
- Local authority
- Doncaster
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources