Mattersey Primary School

Mattersey Primary School demonstrates a strong overall performance, maintaining a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas. The school fosters a supportive and family-like environment where both staff and pupils feel valued and engaged. Its curriculum is well-structured, allowing pupils to regularly revisit and connect their learning, with a particular emphasis on reading and early years development. The school is viewed positively by parents, who appreciate the care and support provided to their children. However, there are areas for improvement, particularly in the early years, where the learning environment could better aid communication skills and independent learning among children. While teachers possess sound subject knowledge, there are instances in mixed-age classes where assignments have not been adequately tailored to pupils' understanding, leading to inconsistent depth in knowledge retention. The school is actively working to enhance these aspects to build on its current successes.

Strengths

• Strong community involvement and pride among staff and pupils.
• Well-structured curriculum that revisits learning effectively.
• Prioritization of reading with well-matched texts to pupil abilities.
• Supportive environment for pupils with special educational needs.
• Calm and orderly behaviour around the school.
• Active and engaged governing body that supports the school.

Areas for Improvement

• Learning environment in early years does not fully support communication development.
• Mixed-age classes sometimes lead to unaligned work with pupils' existing knowledge.

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 Mattersey Primary School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.0% 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 Mattersey 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 Mattersey Primary School had 13.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 33.3% 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, 14.3% of pupils at Mattersey Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.1% 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 Mattersey Primary School received £11,121 and spent £11,053 for each of its 42 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £9,000 (£208 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 Mattersey Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Mattersey Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mattersey Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Mattersey Primary School have?

Mattersey Primary School has 42 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mattersey Primary School cover?

Mattersey Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 17% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mattersey Primary School?

Mattersey Primary School is at Thorpe Road, Mattersey, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN10 5ED.