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New Pastures Primary School

2–11Ages
270Pupils
PrimaryPhase
148689URN

Pitt Street, Mexborough, S64 0LT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

0.2 below Doncaster median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

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41 applications for 30 places · 68th of 84 in Doncaster

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

48%met the expected standard

Doncaster 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 10 July 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
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

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

1.4applications per place, Reception

0.2 below Doncaster median (1.6) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

41 applications · 30 places offered · 30 named it first

2026 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.6
2025 1.7; Doncaster median median 1.6
2024 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.3
2023 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.3
2022 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.3
2021 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.3; as the previous school
2020 1.3; Doncaster median median 1.3; as the previous school
2019 1.6; Doncaster median median 1.4; as the previous school
2018 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.4; as the previous school
2017 1.2; Doncaster median median 1.4; as the previous school
2016 1.4; Doncaster median median 1.5; as the previous school
2015 1.5; Doncaster median median 1.4; as the previous school
2014 1.7; Doncaster median median 1.5; as the previous school

This school
Doncaster median

Dashed bars: as New Pastures Primary School (URN 106683), Mexborough Doncaster Road Junior School (URN 106682), 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	30	41	1.4	30	1.00
Sep 2025	17	29	1.7	17	1.00
Sep 2024	35	48	1.4	32	0.91
Sep 2023	22	30	1.4	20	0.91
Sep 2022	40	48	1.2	36	0.90
Sep 2021 *	30	37	1.2	29	0.97
Sep 2020 *	40	53	1.3	40	1.00
Sep 2019 *	40	65	1.6	45	1.13
Sep 2018 *	32	44	1.4	32	1.00
Sep 2017 *	38	46	1.2	36	0.95
Sep 2016 *	40	56	1.4	42	1.05
Sep 2015 *	38	55	1.5	37	0.97
Sep 2014 *	36	60	1.7	34	0.94

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 61% · Writing 71% · Maths 68% → all three 48% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard48%79th of 87 in Doncaster

Doncaster 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard61%

Doncaster 79% England 78%

Higher standard16%

Doncaster 31% England 33%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard71%

Doncaster 76% England 75%

Greater depth6%

Doncaster 10% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard68%

Doncaster 79% England 77%

Higher standard16%

Doncaster 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Doncaster median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	48%	3%	102	104
2023/24	53%	0%	103	103
2022/23	41%	0%	102	100

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

New Pastures Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

1.4applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Windhill Primary School
0.9 km · Doncaster

Good2022

1.3applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Mexborough St John the Baptist CofE Primary School
1.0 km · Doncaster

Standards maintained2025

1.6applications per place 34%met the SATs standard
Montagu Academy
1.3 km · Doncaster

Good2022

1.6applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Denaby Main Primary Academy
1.6 km · Doncaster

Good2023

1.7applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
St Alban's Catholic Primary and Nursery School
2.0 km · Doncaster

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.2applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
Highwoods Academy
2.1 km · Doncaster

2026

1.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Rowena Academy
2.5 km · Doncaster

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.5applications per place
Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy
2.6 km · Doncaster

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.6applications per place 40%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
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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: 148689 · 371/2083
Trust: Venn Academy Trust
Capacity: 280 pupils · 270 on roll
Free school meals: 36.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: SEN unit
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2021
Replaced: New Pastures Primary School (URN 106683); Mexborough Doncaster Road Junior School (URN 106682)
Address: Pitt Street, Mexborough, S64 0LT
Local authority: Doncaster

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources