Hexthorpe Primary School

Hexthorpe Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across several domains, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school has cultivated a positive atmosphere where pupils feel happy, valued, and engaged in their learning. The staff are dedicated to supporting pupils and families, fostering positive relationships throughout the school community. However, the early years provision has been identified as an area requiring improvement, with a need for better guidance on developing children's knowledge and vocabulary to prepare them for Year 1. This is important as the recent inspection marks the first evaluation since the pandemic, offering context to the school's current performance and developmental strategies since their last inspection in 2021.

Strengths

• Staff know all pupils and families individually.
• Strong emphasis on positive relationships among staff, pupils, and parents.
• High expectations for pupil learning with a focus on mathematics and reading.
• Effective phonics and reading support across all year groups.
• Nurturing school environment that promotes pupil wellbeing.
• Variety of extracurricular clubs that enhance personal development.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years provision lacks a clear focus on key knowledge and vocabulary development.
• Some pupils with SEND do not have precise learning targets in their education plans.

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 Hexthorpe Primary School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.6% 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, 0.5% of pupils at Hexthorpe 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 Hexthorpe Primary School had 23.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.6% 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, 14.1% of pupils at Hexthorpe Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% 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 Hexthorpe Primary School received £7,900 and spent £7,516 for each of its 416 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £146,000 (£350 per pupil).

Across all 26 schools of Astrea Academy Trust, income was £8,290 and spending £8,206 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

Hexthorpe Primary School is part of Astrea Academy Trust, which runs 26 schools. The nearest others:

• Atlas Academy Doncaster
• Waverley Academy Doncaster
• Astrea Academy Woodfields Doncaster
• Intake Primary Academy Doncaster
• Kingfisher Primary Academy Doncaster
• Castle Academy Doncaster
• Denaby Main Primary Academy Doncaster
• Edenthorpe Hall Primary Academy Doncaster
• Astrea Academy Dearne Rotherham
• The Hill Primary Academy Rotherham

What is Hexthorpe Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Hexthorpe Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hexthorpe Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Hexthorpe Primary School have?

Hexthorpe Primary School has 439 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hexthorpe Primary School cover?

Hexthorpe Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 21% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hexthorpe Primary School?

Hexthorpe Primary School is at Urban Road, Hexthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 0HH.