Edlington Victoria Academy

Edlington Victoria Academy has shown significant improvement since its conversion to academy status, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspection categories. The school provides a safe and nurturing environment where pupils feel cared for and respected. Leaders are dedicated to enhancing both the academic performance and well-being of their students, and this commitment has led to Year 6 results that surpass the national average. The recent introduction of a new curriculum, particularly in reading, is contributing to students' growing confidence and fluency in their literacy skills, indicating a positive trajectory in the quality of education offered.

Strengths

• High expectations and positive attitudes towards learning among pupils.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Effective leadership focused on improving both education quality and pupil welfare.
• Successful implementation of a new reading curriculum that enhances literacy skills.
• Wise use of additional funding to promote healthy lifestyles and increase swimming proficiency.

Areas for Improvement

• Phonics teaching in early years has not been consistently paced to meet children's needs.
• Previous curriculum lacked sufficient sequencing to help pupils remember key concepts.

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 Edlington Victoria Academy attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.6% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Edlington Victoria 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 Edlington Victoria Academy had 17.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% 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, 17.7% of pupils at Edlington Victoria Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.9% 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 Edlington Victoria Academy received £7,752 and spent £7,295 for each of its 280 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £236,000 (£844 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Exceed Learning Partnership, income was £7,056 and spending £6,961 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

Edlington Victoria Academy is part of Exceed Learning Partnership, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Hill Top Academy Doncaster
• The Mallard Academy Doncaster
• Carr Lodge Academy Doncaster
• Hall Cross Academy Doncaster
• Rosedale Primary School Doncaster
• Bentley High Street Primary School Doncaster
• Willow Primary School Doncaster
• Sandringham Primary School Doncaster
• Sheep Dip Lane Academy Doncaster

What is Edlington Victoria Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Edlington Victoria Academy is Good, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Edlington Victoria Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Edlington Victoria Academy was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Edlington Victoria Academy have?

Edlington Victoria Academy has 288 pupils on roll.

What age range does Edlington Victoria Academy cover?

Edlington Victoria Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Edlington Victoria Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Edlington Victoria Academy?

Edlington Victoria Academy is at Victoria Road, Edlington, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN12 1BN.