Owston Park Primary Academy

Owston Park Primary Academy has demonstrated a solid overall performance categorized as good across various domains including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. Leaders at the school have focused on creating an inclusive and ambitious learning environment, where the curriculum is designed to promote engagement and a sense of community among pupils. One notable strength is the emphasis on mental health and emotional well-being, with opportunities for pupils to explore essential life skills and values relevant to modern Britain.

Strengths

• Leaders have created a strong sense of community within the school.
• The curriculum is well-designed and inclusive, especially for pupils with SEND.
• Pupils are encouraged to take on leadership roles and responsibilities.
• The school promotes a love for reading through well-planned reading sessions.
• Good mental health and well-being support is prioritized.

Areas for Improvement

• Some staff do not maintain consistently high expectations of pupil behaviour.
• Assessment systems for evaluating pupil knowledge are not equally developed across all subjects.

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 Owston Park Primary Academy attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.2% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Owston Park 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 Owston Park Primary Academy had 24.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.9% 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, 13.7% of pupils at Owston Park Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% 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 Owston Park Primary Academy received £7,081 and spent £6,738 for each of its 422 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £207,000 (£491 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of The Rose Learning Trust, income was £6,563 and spending £6,320 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

Owston Park Primary Academy is part of The Rose Learning Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Scawsby Junior Academy Doncaster
• Richmond Hill Primary Academy Doncaster
• Town Field Primary School Doncaster
• Balby Central Primary Academy Doncaster
• Lakeside Primary Academy Doncaster
• Woodfield Primary School Doncaster
• Hatchell Wood Primary Academy Doncaster
• Crowle Primary Academy Crowle
• Scawby Academy Brigg
• Hibaldstow Academy Brigg

What is Owston Park Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Owston Park Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2023.

When was Owston Park Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Owston Park Primary Academy was last inspected in June 2023.

How many pupils does Owston Park Primary Academy have?

Owston Park Primary Academy has 445 pupils on roll.

What age range does Owston Park Primary Academy cover?

Owston Park Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Owston Park Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 49% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Owston Park Primary Academy?

Owston Park Primary Academy is at Lodge Road, Skellow, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN6 8PU.