Beckingham Primary School

Beckingham Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a good standard of education, behavior, and leadership. The school fosters an environment where pupils are encouraged to thrive and demonstrates a commitment to inclusivity, with teachers upholding high expectations for all students. Pupils engage positively with the curriculum, particularly enjoying reading and benefiting from well-structured personal, social, and health education. The school has a strong community presence and enjoys good relationships with parents and guardians. This inspection was the first routine visit since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been taken into account in the evaluation.

Strengths

• High expectations set by school leaders.
• Pupils engage well with a well-planned and sequenced curriculum.
• Strong emphasis on reading, which is highly valued by pupils.
• Inclusive school environment with a comprehensive understanding of British values.
• Effective support and progress for pupils with special educational needs.
• Children in early years receive good support and are happy learners.

Areas for Improvement

• A small number of subjects lack full planning and sequencing.
• Targets for some pupils with SEND do not specify supports for their specific needs.
• Early years curriculum does not consistently clarify expected knowledge outcomes.

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 Beckingham Primary School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.2% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Beckingham 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 2024–25 Beckingham Primary School had 14.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.8). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 44.4% 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, 15.3% of pupils at Beckingham Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.5% 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 Beckingham Primary School received £9,166 and spent £9,199 for each of its 85 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £14,000 (£165 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 Beckingham Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Beckingham Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Beckingham Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Beckingham Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Beckingham Primary School have?

Beckingham Primary School has 85 pupils on roll.

What age range does Beckingham Primary School cover?

Beckingham Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 29% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Beckingham Primary School?

Beckingham Primary School is at The Limes, Beckingham, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN10 4QN.