Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Doncaster
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 28 April 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 23 November 2021Graded 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 entry36 applications · 24 places offered · 23 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Doncaster median median 1.6
- 2025 1.6; Doncaster median median 1.6
- 2024 1.1; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2023 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2022 1.1; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2021 0.9; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2020 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.3
- 2019 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2018 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2017 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.4
- 2016 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.4; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; Doncaster median median 1.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Doncaster median
Dashed bars: as Mexborough Highwoods Primary School (URN 106748), 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 | 24 | 36 | 1.5 | 23 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 18 | 28 | 1.6 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 27 | 29 | 1.1 | 24 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2023 | 24 | 29 | 1.2 | 21 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 | 23 | 26 | 1.1 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 21 | 19 | 0.9 | 16 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 40 | 1.3 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 38 | 1.3 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 21 | 28 | 1.3 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 28 | 36 | 1.3 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 24 | 33 | 1.4 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 30 | 41 | 1.4 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 * | 21 | 38 | 1.8 | 20 | 0.95 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 86% · Writing 71% · Maths 76% → all three 67% 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 | 67% | 5% | 111 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 7% | 103 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 62% | 4% | 103 | 102 |
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
- Highwoods AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · DoncasterGood20221.6applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · DoncasterStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 34%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · RotherhamGood20221.5applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · RotherhamGood20222.0applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Rotherham20261.8applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · DoncasterGood20241.4applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · DoncasterGood20221.3applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · RotherhamSome aspects not as strong20251.9applications per place 76%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
- 144539 · 371/2186
- Capacity
- 262 pupils · 198 on roll
- Free school meals
- 50.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2017
- Replaced
- Mexborough Highwoods Primary School (URN 106748)
- Address
- Highwoods Road, Mexborough, S64 9ES
- Local authority
- Doncaster
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources