Dunsville Primary School

Dunsville Primary School has made significant improvements since its previous inspection, achieving a 'Good' overall effectiveness rating. Leaders have established a positive learning environment that fosters strong relationships between staff and pupils. The school's ambitious curriculum is well-sequenced and supports pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), in achieving good outcomes across various subjects. While there are notable strengths in areas like reading and the supportive early years provision, there is still work to be done to enhance the modern foreign languages curriculum and its implementation.

Strengths

• Leaders have created a supportive and positive learning environment.
• High-quality relationships exist between adults and pupils.
• Pupils achieve well across a range of subjects.
• Strong emphasis on reading with effective phonics teaching.
• Curriculum developments are ambitious and well-planned.
• Staff provide consistent and high-quality support.
• Pupils contribute positively to school life and participate in various clubs.

Areas for Improvement

• Modern foreign languages curriculum is still in early stages and requires further development.

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 Dunsville Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.2% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Dunsville 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 Dunsville Primary School had 22.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 36.9% 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, 7.7% of pupils at Dunsville Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 2024–25 Dunsville Primary School received £6,174 and spent £6,350 for each of its 278 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £199,000 (£718 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Brighter Futures Learning Partnership Trust, income was £7,326 and spending £7,314 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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Dunsville Primary School is part of Brighter Futures Learning Partnership Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Kirk Sandall Infant School Doncaster
• Kirk Sandall Junior School Doncaster
• Barnby Dun Primary Academy Doncaster
• Hungerhill School Doncaster
• West Road Primary Academy Doncaster
• Doncaster UTC Doncaster

What is Dunsville Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dunsville Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Dunsville Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Dunsville Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Dunsville Primary School have?

Dunsville Primary School has 260 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dunsville Primary School cover?

Dunsville Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Dunsville Primary School?

Dunsville Primary School is at Broadway, Dunsville, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN7 4HX.