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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
- 12 February 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 7 January 2020Graded 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 entry51 applications · 25 places offered · 22 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.0; Doncaster median median 1.6
- 2025 2.2; Doncaster median median 1.6
- 2024 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2023 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2022 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2021 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2020 1.5; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2019 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2018 1.0; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2017 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2016 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; Doncaster median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Doncaster median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Doncaster median
Dashed bars: as Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Primary School (URN 106774), 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 | 25 | 51 | 2.0 | 22 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 23 | 50 | 2.2 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 26 | 35 | 1.4 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 24 | 33 | 1.4 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 27 | 37 | 1.4 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 22 | 28 | 1.3 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 23 | 34 | 1.5 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 17 | 24 | 1.4 | 15 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2018 | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 14 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2017 | 24 | 34 | 1.4 | 21 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2016 * | 18 | 26 | 1.4 | 15 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2015 * | 22 | 35 | 1.6 | 24 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2014 * | 16 | 26 | 1.6 | 15 | 0.94 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 89% · Writing 75% · Maths 93% → all three 71% 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 | 71% | 0% | 106 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 3% | 103 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 65% | 5% | 105 | 104 |
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
- Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Voluntary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · DoncasterStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Doncaster20261.7applications per place 93%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · DoncasterGood20241.9applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · DoncasterStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · DoncasterRemains Good20222.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · DoncasterGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · DoncasterRemains Good20232.0applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · DoncasterGood20241.5applications per place
- 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 144469 · 371/2012
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 217 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 May 2017
- Replaced
- Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Primary School (URN 106774)
- Address
- Mere Lane, Armthorpe, Doncaster, DN3 2DB
- Local authority
- Doncaster
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources