Scawsby Junior Academy

Scawsby Junior Academy is a junior academy in Doncaster and part of The Rose Learning Trust. This was its first routine section 5 inspection, and under the current framework no overall effectiveness grade is awarded. The school performs strongly: pupils receive a broad, high-quality education, achieve well in national assessments, attend regularly and feel safe and well supported. Behaviour in lessons and around school is calm and orderly, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. Notable strengths include reading and phonics support, a strong focus on speaking and subject-specific vocabulary, effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and a clear vision shared by leaders, governors and trustees. Staff networks across the trust are helping the school refine provision, and pupils are developing confidence and respect for others. The main area for improvement is that not all subject leaders have systems to evaluate the effectiveness of their curriculums and provision in enough detail, including in personal, social and health education. This limits their ability to identify precise improvements. Pupils’ knowledge about different faiths and cultures within modern Britain is also less secure than other aspects of their personal development.

Strengths

• Pupils receive a high-quality, broad education and achieve well in national assessments.
• Pupils attend regularly and feel safe and well supported in school.
• Bullying is rare and is dealt with effectively when it occurs.
• Reading and phonics support help pupils become confident, fluent readers.
• Speaking and subject-specific vocabulary are a strong focus in lessons.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities are identified accurately and supported well.
• Behaviour in lessons and around school is calm and orderly.
• Pupils learn strategies to avoid confrontation and make better choices.
• Personal, social and health education teaches pupils how to stay safe and understand healthy relationships.
• Leaders, governors and trustees have a clear vision and know the school well.
• Trust staff networks help the school refine and improve provision.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, including PSHE, leaders do not have systems in place to evaluate curriculum effectiveness in enough detail.
• Some subject leaders cannot accurately identify where provision could be improved.
• Pupils find it difficult to articulate their knowledge about different faiths and cultures in modern Britain.

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 Scawsby Junior Academy attended 95.4% 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

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, 1.1% of pupils at Scawsby Junior 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 Scawsby Junior Academy had 25.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.3% 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, 10.1% of pupils at Scawsby Junior Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.4% 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 Scawsby Junior Academy received £5,893 and spent £5,630 for each of its 359 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £63,000 (£175 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

Scawsby Junior Academy is part of The Rose Learning Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Scawsby Junior Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Scawsby Junior Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Scawsby Junior Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Scawsby Junior Academy was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Scawsby Junior Academy have?

Scawsby Junior Academy has 355 pupils on roll.

What age range does Scawsby Junior Academy cover?

Scawsby Junior Academy for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Scawsby Junior Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Scawsby Junior Academy?

Scawsby Junior Academy is at Barnsley Road, Scawsby, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN5 8NQ.