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Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy

Primary Ages 3-11 276 pupils Doncaster
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Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy is an academy converter in Doncaster for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 276 pupils on roll. In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Jossey Lane
Scawthorpe
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN5 9ED
Phone 01302780246
Reference Number 148777

General Makeup

Number of pupils 276
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.81%
Girls: 48.19%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 20.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 7.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 24.7
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 24.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 15 10 25
2 14 17 31
3 17 17 34
4 23 14 37
5 17 23 40
6 20 17 37

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 87%
White, Other 9.4%
Irish 1.1%
Mixed, Other 1.1%
Asian, Other 0.7%
African 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 12 Nov 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
12 Nov 2024 School inspection
09 Dec 2021 Academy conversion letter
07 Jul 2016 Full inspection:
Previously as Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary School
13 Jan 2015 Monitoring visit
07 May 2014 Full inspection:
11 Feb 2013 Monitoring visit
29 Nov 2012 Full inspection:
28 Sep 2010 Full inspection:
30 Jun 2008 Full inspection:
31 Jan 2005 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 74%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 11%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 108
Maths 106

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 4.5
Writing 2
Maths -0.7

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 9 1
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy had 237 pupils for 280 places. 43 places (15.4%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Don Valley Pyramid Primary” planning area

Doncaster counted 221 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 229 in 2029–30, up 4%.

2022202320242025
Places 306280280280
Pupils 243253246237
Unfilled 20.6%9.6%12.1%15.4%

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 Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2022202320242025
Authorised absence 5.7%3.9%4.0%3.6%
Unauthorised absence 1.3%1.1%1.4%1.1%
Severely absent pupils 1.4%0.4%0.9%0.9%

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, 3.0% of pupils at Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 6.512.14.44.9
Permanent exclusions 0000

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 Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy had 22.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.08.58.89.4
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%0.0%7.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 57.1%73.3%68.8%–
Sick days per teacher 2.72.95.3–

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, 23.2% of pupils at Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 29 6
Social, emotional and mental health 22 1
Specific learning difficulty 11 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 1
Vision impairment 1 0

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 Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy received £8,312 and spent £8,218 for each of its 264 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £0 (£1 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Leger Education Trust, income was £7,997 and spending £7,894 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202320242025
Revenue reserve -£44,000-£28,000£0
per pupil -£160-£103£1
In-year balance -£68,000£45,000£25,000
per pupil -£249£167£94

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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Name Distance
Don Valley Academy
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0.39 miles
Stone Hill School
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1.03 miles
Ridgewood School
Barnsley Road, Scawsby, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN5 7UB
1.03 miles
Outwood Academy Adwick
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1.72 miles
DN Colleges Group
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1.87 miles
North Ridge Community School
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1.93 miles
Hall Cross Academy
Thorne Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN1 2HY
2.37 miles
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2.88 miles
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2.92 miles
XP School
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3.07 miles
XP East
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3.11 miles
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3.37 miles
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3.42 miles
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3.75 miles

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Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy is part of Leger Education Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy have?

Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy has 276 pupils on roll.

What age range does Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy cover?

Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy?

Scawthorpe Castle Hills Primary Academy is at Jossey Lane, Scawthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN5 9ED.

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