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Donisthorpe Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Ashby Road, Donisthorpe, Swadlincote DE12 7QF · donisthorpeprimary.org · 01530 270371
On the mapSearch near DE12 7QF
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improved significantly
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Leicestershire 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 207
- 99% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 14%
- First language not English
- 3.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 30 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 93% 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 | 29 | 30 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 34 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% the higher standard. Across Leicestershire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 119944)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 25 June 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Donisthorpe Primary School was: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 24 Jun 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, May 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 119944), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119944)
Before September 2019
Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119944)
Jun 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 119944)
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (39 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 39
- 19% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 59% who raised concerns
based on the 10% who had a child bullied