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Tornedale Infant Academy

Primary Ages 3-7 158 pupils Doncaster
Ofsted: Good
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Tornedale Infant Academy is an academy converter in Doncaster for pupils aged 3 to 7. It has 158 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Tornedale Infant Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2023 of its predecessor, Rossington Tornedale Infant School.

Ofsted inspection: October 2024.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-7
Religion Does not apply
Address Gattison Lane
Rossington
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN11 0NQ
Reference Number 151172

General Makeup

Number of pupils 158
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.63%
Girls: 49.37%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 26.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 8.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 22 19 41
2 25 31 56

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 89.9%
White, Other 4.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.3%
White & Asian 1.3%
Unclassified 1.3%
African 1.3%
Chinese 0.6%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Rossington Tornedale Infant School, inspected in March 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
05 Oct 2024 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 11 0
Third Preference 14 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Tornedale Infant Academy had 132 pupils for 180 places. 48 places (26.7%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Rossington Pyramid Primary” planning area

Doncaster counted 170 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 163 in 2029–30, down 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 Tornedale Infant Academy attended 92.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 27.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 5.0%
Unauthorised absence 2.3%
Severely absent pupils 1.0%

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, 0.6% of pupils at Tornedale Infant Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 2.4
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Tornedale Infant Academy had 22.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 10.09.8
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 75.0%–
Sick days per teacher 2.6–

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, 10.8% of pupils at Tornedale Infant Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 12 3
Social, emotional and mental health 3 1
Physical disability 1 0
Specific learning difficulty 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.

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Tornedale Infant Academy is part of Leger Education Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

What is Tornedale Infant Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tornedale Infant Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2023 of its predecessor, Rossington Tornedale Infant School.

When was Tornedale Infant Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Tornedale Infant Academy was last inspected in October 2024.

How many pupils does Tornedale Infant Academy have?

Tornedale Infant Academy has 158 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tornedale Infant Academy cover?

Tornedale Infant Academy for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Tornedale Infant Academy?

Tornedale Infant Academy is at Gattison Lane, Rossington, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN11 0NQ.

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