Hayfield Lane Primary School

Hayfield Lane Primary School continues to demonstrate strong performance, maintaining its good status since the last inspection in January 2018. The school provides a happy and caring environment where pupils are taught the importance of tolerance and respect. The curriculum is ambitious, and leaders have made significant efforts to ensure that pupils revisit core knowledge across various subjects. Although some older pupils currently face gaps in their knowledge, particularly as a result of the pandemic's impact on learning, leaders are actively addressing these issues to enhance pupil progress by the end of Key Stage 2. Overall, the school prides itself on promoting both academic and personal development, offering students a range of extracurricular activities and support systems tailored to their needs.

Strengths

• Pupils display positive attitudes towards learning and behave well.
• The curriculum is ambitious and is effectively linked across subjects.
• Strong focus on reading, with early support in phonics.
• Wide range of opportunities for personal development and extracurricular activities.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Areas for Improvement

• Some older pupils have not made expected progress in Key Stage 2 national tests.

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 Hayfield Lane Primary School attended 96.3% 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, 1.8% of pupils at Hayfield Lane Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Hayfield Lane Primary School had 24.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 2.2% 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, 14.1% of pupils at Hayfield Lane Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% 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 Hayfield Lane Primary School received £6,311 and spent £6,434 for each of its 430 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £186,000 (£433 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 Hayfield Lane Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hayfield Lane Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Hayfield Lane Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hayfield Lane Primary School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Hayfield Lane Primary School have?

Hayfield Lane Primary School has 439 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hayfield Lane Primary School cover?

Hayfield Lane Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Hayfield Lane Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hayfield Lane Primary School?

Hayfield Lane Primary School is at Hayfield Lane, Auckley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN9 3NB.