New Pastures Primary School

New Pastures Primary School has demonstrated good overall effectiveness in its first inspection. The school has established a safe and supportive environment where pupils feel respected and valued. Strong leadership and high expectations have led to improved educational outcomes and a well-sequenced curriculum. Although the school has made progress in areas such as attendance and the quality of education, some challenges remain, particularly in ensuring all pupils, including disadvantaged learners, fully engage with the range of extracurricular activities available to them.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe, cared for, and respected.
• The school has high expectations for pupil behaviour.
• There is an ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum.
• Effective phonics teaching supports early reading development.
• Strong support is in place for pupils with SEND.
• Staff are positive about recent improvements and have opportunities for collaboration.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checks on teaching and learning affect the quality of education.
• Disadvantaged pupils do not consistently participate in extracurricular activities.

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 New Pastures Primary School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.7% 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, 0.0% of pupils at New Pastures 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 New Pastures Primary School had 22.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 28.3% 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 New Pastures Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% 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 New Pastures Primary School received £6,790 and spent £7,400 for each of its 252 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £71,000 (£282 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Venn Academy Trust, income was £11,101 and spending £11,467 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 Mexborough · Doncaster local authority: places and applications

New Pastures Primary School is part of Venn Academy Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Milton School Mexborough
• Adwick Primary School Doncaster
• Newman School Rotherham
• Brooke Primary Academy Doncaster
• Marshland Primary Academy Doncaster
• Bridgeview Special School Kingston-Upon-Hull
• Thorpepark Academy Hull
• Griffin Primary School Hull
• Mountbatten Primary School Hull
• Brompton Hall School Scarborough

What is New Pastures Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for New Pastures Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was New Pastures Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

New Pastures Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does New Pastures Primary School have?

New Pastures Primary School has 270 pupils on roll.

What age range does New Pastures Primary School cover?

New Pastures Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is New Pastures Primary School?

New Pastures Primary School is at Pitt Street, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 0LT.