Warmsworth Primary School

Warmsworth Primary School is a happy, calm and ambitious school where pupils feel safe and behave well. The curriculum is broad and carefully designed to build knowledge over time, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities learn the same curriculum as their peers with effective adaptations. Pupils remember what they have been taught and are enthusiastic, self-assured learners. The school's personal development programme is exceptional and gives pupils a wide range of meaningful opportunities, including community roles, first-aid training and careers learning. Early years provision is also outstanding: children achieve very well from their starting points and are extremely well prepared for their next steps. Leadership and governance are effective, staff welfare is prioritised, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. There is one clear area for improvement. On occasions, phonics books are not matched well enough to the sounds some pupils know, including some pupils with SEND, which slows their progress towards reading fluency. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection since 2014, when it was previously judged outstanding and later exempt from routine inspection.

Strengths

• Broad, carefully sequenced curriculum builds knowledge securely over time
• Pupils with SEND learn the same curriculum and benefit from effective adaptations
• Pupils behave well and the school is calm and orderly
• Early years behaviour is excellent and children quickly learn routines
• Personal development provision is exceptional and inspirational
• Pupils take part in a wide range of talents, interests and community opportunities
• Early years provision is outstanding, with purposeful indoor and outdoor learning
• Children in early years achieve very well from their starting points
• Pupils are avid readers and can discuss authors and texts confidently
• Leadership and governance are effective, with strong staff welfare support
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Some phonics books are not matched well enough to the sounds pupils know, slowing reading fluency for some pupils including those with SEND

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 Warmsworth Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.1% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Warmsworth Primary 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 Warmsworth Primary School had 22.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 12.8% of pupils at Warmsworth Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Warmsworth Primary School received £6,356 and spent £6,576 for each of its 437 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £85,000 (£194 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 Warmsworth Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Warmsworth Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Warmsworth Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Warmsworth Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Warmsworth Primary School have?

Warmsworth Primary School has 461 pupils on roll.

What age range does Warmsworth Primary School cover?

Warmsworth Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Warmsworth Primary School?

Warmsworth Primary School is at Mill Lane, Warmsworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 9RG.