Long Toft Primary School

Long Toft Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all domains including the quality of education and leadership. Pupils express happiness and safety within the school environment, showcasing high standards of behaviour and kindness towards one another. There is a strong emphasis on personal development, with pupils engaging in various extracurricular activities and demonstrating a profound understanding of significant social issues. Although the school's curriculum is enriched and the reading culture is vibrant, there are areas identified for improvement, specifically regarding targeted support for pupils with special educational needs and the precision of subject leaders in planning the curriculum.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate high standards of behaviour and kindness.
• Strong understanding of social issues such as racism and bullying.
• Effective support for pupils' emotional needs.
• Vibrant culture of reading promoted throughout the school.
• Good planning for vocabulary development across the curriculum.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent support for some pupils with SEND.
• Need for more precise curriculum planning in some foundation subjects.
• Occasional lack of clarity in identifying precise knowledge for pupils.

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 Long Toft Primary School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.5% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Long Toft 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 Long Toft Primary School had 18.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.4% 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, 17.7% of pupils at Long Toft Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.1% 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 Long Toft Primary School received £8,289 and spent £8,521 for each of its 282 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £168,000 (£595 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 Long Toft Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Long Toft Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was Long Toft Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Long Toft Primary School was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does Long Toft Primary School have?

Long Toft Primary School has 282 pupils on roll.

What age range does Long Toft Primary School cover?

Long Toft Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Long Toft Primary School?

Long Toft Primary School is at Church Road, Stainforth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN7 5AB.