Morley Place Academy

Morley Place Academy has demonstrated significant improvements recently, resulting in an overall strong performance in various areas, including leadership, personal development, and pupil achievement. The school successfully removes barriers to learning for disadvantaged pupils and students with special educational needs, enabling them to thrive. The culture of safeguarding is well established, ensuring that pupils feel safe and supported in their educational journey.

Strengths

• High expectations set by leaders help remove barriers to learning.
• Effective use of pupil premium strategy benefiting disadvantaged pupils.
• Extensive personal development programs fostering leadership and career ambitions.
• Collaboration between school and trust ensures precise implementation of strategies.
• Strong support systems in place for pupils' emotional and social needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils' learning is not always matched to their starting points.

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 Morley Place Academy attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.1% 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, 2.7% of pupils at Morley Place 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 Morley Place Academy had 21.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.1% 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, 16.6% of pupils at Morley Place Academy 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 2024–25 Morley Place Academy received £4,607 and spent £6,220 for each of its 295 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £394,000 (£1,337 per pupil).

Across all 62 schools of Delta Academies Trust, income was £7,459 and spending £7,562 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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All schools in Doncaster · Doncaster local authority: places and applications

Morley Place Academy is part of Delta Academies Trust, which runs 62 schools. The nearest others:

• De Warenne Academy Doncaster
• Rowena Academy Doncaster
• Montagu Academy Mexborough
• The Laurel Academy Mexborough
• Goldthorpe Primary Academy Rotherham
• Don Valley Academy Doncaster
• Highfields Primary Academy Doncaster
• Pheasant Bank Academy Doncaster
• Grange Lane Infant Academy Doncaster
• Rossington All Saints Academy Doncaster

What is Morley Place Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Morley Place Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Morley Place Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Morley Place Academy was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Morley Place Academy have?

Morley Place Academy has 289 pupils on roll.

What age range does Morley Place Academy cover?

Morley Place Academy for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Morley Place Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Morley Place Academy?

Morley Place Academy is at Old Road, Conisbrough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN12 3LZ.