Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School

Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School has received a positive inspection with an overall effectiveness rating of good. The school offers a purposeful and enjoyable educational experience, particularly excelling in early years and key stage 1. Children settle quickly into routines and are well-supported to develop confidence in their learning, notably in reading, writing, and mathematics. However, the school has transitioned from an outstanding previous inspection and needs to address some inconsistencies in curriculum mapping across certain subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils experience a purposeful and enjoyable education.
• Children settle quickly into school routines.
• Teachers help pupils develop a curiosity about the world.
• Pupils are encouraged to do well and develop confidence.
• Teachers provide good support in reading, writing, and mathematics.
• Pupils feel safe and well-supported in school.
• The majority of pupils behave very well.
• Leaders maintain a focus on ongoing improvement.
• Staff feel well supported by leaders.

Areas for Improvement

• The curriculum is less clearly mapped in some subjects.
• There are occasional gaps between teachers demonstrating new learning and pupils completing related tasks.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School had 25.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.9% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 2.4% of pupils at Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School received £5,623 and spent £5,769 for each of its 186 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £109,000 (£586 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School have?

Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School has 208 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School cover?

Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School?

Sprotbrough Orchard Infant School is at Field House Road, Sprotbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN5 7RN.