Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy

Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy is a welcoming school where most pupils feel safe and have strong relationships with adults. Early years is a clear strength: children respond well to high expectations, develop communication skills quickly and achieve highly. Pupils benefit from a broad curriculum, knowledgeable teachers, a range of trips and clubs, and effective support for pupils with SEND, including the SEMH resourced provision. Safeguarding is effective. However, provision is uneven. The quality of education requires improvement because curriculum implementation varies, assessment does not always pick up misconceptions, tasks are sometimes poorly matched to pupils' needs, and key stage 2 outcomes have been inconsistent. Phonics screening results have remained low despite well-trained staff and good individual support for weak readers. Behaviour expectations are not applied consistently, and some pupils disrupt learning or disengage; pupils also report that bullying is not always dealt with effectively. Personal development is appropriate in some areas, but pupils lack secure knowledge of world faiths and fundamental British values. Leadership has experienced recent turbulence, and monitoring systems are not fully embedded, so leaders do not always have a precise view of what needs to improve. Staff are positive and trustees fulfil their duties. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is part of a single academy trust with an acting headteacher currently leading.

Strengths

• Early years provision is good, with children achieving highly.
• Most pupils feel safe and have strong relationships with adults.
• The school is welcoming to a diverse range of pupil needs.
• The curriculum is broad and accessible to all pupils.
• Teachers are knowledgeable and enthusiastic.
• Some subjects, such as art and design, are well planned and delivered.
• Pupils with SEND are well supported, including in the SEMH resourced provision.
• Staff are well trained in phonics and weak readers receive expert individual support.
• Pupils enjoy a range of clubs, trips and school productions.
• Staff are positive about the school and their workload.
• Trustees fulfil their statutory duties.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Key stage 2 outcomes have been inconsistent and weak over time.
• Curriculum implementation is inconsistent across subjects.
• Teachers' checks do not always identify misconceptions, so errors go uncorrected.
• Tasks are sometimes not well matched to pupils' knowledge or broken into clear steps.
• Phonics screening check outcomes have remained low over time.
• Behaviour expectations are inconsistent and some pupils disrupt learning.
• Some pupils disengage from learning and are not consistently challenged.
• Pupils report that bullying is not always dealt with effectively.
• Pupils lack knowledge of world faiths and fundamental British values.
• Monitoring and quality assurance systems are not fully embedded.
• Recent leadership turbulence has affected the school.
• Pupils with SEND experience the same curriculum weaknesses as their peers.

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 Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.9% 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, 4.0% of pupils at Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy 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 Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy had 15.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.5% 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, 19.3% of pupils at Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% 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 2024–25 Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy received £7,807 and spent £7,619 for each of its 352 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £190,000 (£541 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy have?

Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy has 363 pupils on roll.

What age range does Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy cover?

Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 40% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy?

Conisbrough Ivanhoe Primary Academy is at Old Road, Conisbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN12 3LR.