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Bessacarr Primary
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Ellers Avenue, Bessacarr, Doncaster DN4 7DT · bessacarr.doncaster.sch.uk · 01302 535110
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Doncaster 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 462
- 98% of 472 places
- Local authority
- Doncaster
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 4.5%
- First language not English
- 14.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 49 families put the school first and 53 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 53 | 49 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 73 | 1.2▲ | 79% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 74 | 1.2▲ | 77% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 85 | 1.4▲ | 71% |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Doncaster it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 106739)
Ofsted
Bessacarr Primary was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 29 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 29 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (85 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 85
- 18% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 64% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied